Adhesive shoulder capsulitis, is a term attributed to a pathological process which involves scarring and adhesion formation across the joint capsule of the glenohumeral joint. It is characterized by restricted and pain full shoulder movements which deleteriously effects the patient’s quality of life. Through out its course of disease it goes through various stages from freezing to frozen to thawing.. Adhesive capsulitis of shoulder
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group 1: The patients’ history and clinical tests, including muscle tests, specific joint tests, and functional tests, will be used to form the basis for choosing the righ
Sponsors
Ghurki Trust and Teaching Hospital, Lahore
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
25 Years to 44 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Shoulder ROM loss of greater than 25% in at least 2 planes and passive external rotation loss that is greater than 50% of the uninvolved shoulder or less than 30°. Patients presenting with painful and restricted active and passive ROM of the affected shoulder in both elevation and rotation that occurs for at least 1 month and has either reached a plateau or worsened Patients presenting with a gradual and progressive onset of pain, at end ranges of movements of the affected shoulder. Functional activities such as reaching overhead, behind the back, or out to the side became increasingly difficult due to pain and/or stiffness.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients presenting with shoulder pain and stiffness due to cerebral vascular accident, intrathoracic conditions of intra-abdominal conditions. Patients with cervical disc disease, distal extremity fracture, or self-imposed immobilization as well as patients with a known pathology of the glenohumeral joint soft tissues or structures, such as rotator cuff tendinopathy, biceps tendinopathy, calcific tendinitis, acromioclavicular or glenohumeral joint arthropathy, or proximal humeral or scapular fracture or post-operative stiffness.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain. Timepoint: before intervention and 2, 4 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Pain will be measured using numeric rating pain scale.;Functional Disability. Timepoint: Before intervention and 2, 4 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: The Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI).;Range of Motion. Timepoint: The Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI). Method of measurement: Goniometer. | — |
Countries
Pakistan
Contacts
Public ContactMaleeha Fuad
Lahore Medical and Dental College
Outcome results
None listed