Exercises Associated or Not With Manual Therapy Shoulder Impingement

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02035618

Enrollment

Registered

2014-01-14

Start date

2010-09-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2014-01-15

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Conditions

Shoulder Impingement

Brief summary

Manual therapy combined with a protocol of therapeutic exercises will increase the beneficial effects on scapular kinematics, myofascial pain and function in subjects with shoulder impingement when compared to exercises only.

Interventions

OTHERExercises

Strengthening and stretching

OTHERExercises + Manual Therapy

Mobilization; massage; post-isometric relaxation; strengthening; stretching

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* history of non-traumatic onset of shoulder pain; * painful arc during active elevation of the arm; * one or more positive shoulder impingement tests (Neer, Hawkins and Jobe), or pain during passive or resisted external rotation of the arm at 90° of abduction; * pain with palpation of the rotator cuff tendons; * all subjects need also to be able to reach 150° of arm elevation as evaluated by visual observation.

Exclusion criteria

* limitation of glenohumeral internal and external rotation as indicative of adhesive capsulitis; * body mass index \> 28kg/m2 as the amount of subcutaneous tissue can compromise the quality of the signal increasing soft tissue artifact; * numbness or tingling of the upper limb reproduced by cervical compression test; * history of clavicle, scapula or humerus fracture; * history of rotator cuff surgery; * systemic illnesses; * positive sulcus or apprehension tests as indicative of instability; * positive drop arm test as indicative of full thickness tear; * corticosteroid injection within 3 months prior to intervention, or physiotherapy within 6 months prior to intervention; * depressive symptoms as evaluated by the Beck Depression Inventory score ( \> 9 points) due to its influence on myofascial pain; * allergy to tape.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Scapular kinematics	up to 3 months from the initial interview

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026