patients suffering from shoulder impingement syndrome lead impairment of daily activities and reduction in work capacity. Most of patients have painful symptoms at night and during abduction which may affect the sleep and daily activities.Forty percent of the populations possibly suffer from shoulder pain at some point of their life time..
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: Neuromobilization was applied using Butler’s recommendations.Procedure
Initially, the patient performed neural sliders and gradually progressed to neural tensioners. Neural sliders consisted of cervical lateral flexion movement, toward the involved side, simultaneously w
Sponsors
Social Security Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Positive Impingement Sign Age Between 20-50 years Patient with Positive Special Tests (Neers Test, Hawkins Kennedy Test, Empty Can Test)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with co-morbidity such as Cervical Radiculopathy, Acromioclavicular Joint Pathology and Shoulder Dislocation/ Subluxation/ Fracture. Patients with history of Cervical, Shoulder of Upper Back Surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain Intensity. Timepoint: before intervention, 5th week and 11th week after intervention. Method of measurement: Pain by Visual Analogue Scale.;Range of motion. Timepoint: Before intervention, on 5th week and on 11th week. Method of measurement: Measured by Goniometry. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Shoulder Strength. Timepoint: Before intervention, on 5th week and on 11th week. Method of measurement: Strength by Hand held dynamometer.;Functional disability score. Timepoint: Before intervention, on 5th week and on 11th week. Method of measurement: UCLA Score. | — |
Countries
Pakistan
Contacts
Public ContactHossein Karimi
The University of Lahore
Outcome results
None listed