Manual Therapy, Shoulder Pain
Conditions
Brief summary
The study purpose is to compare the effects of Fascial Manipulation added to standard exercises protocol versus the simple exercises protocol.
Detailed description
The shoulder degenerative diseases are recurring in hospital employees. The early approach, as we see in literature, has high probability to reduce the pain and the disfunction in the long term. In particular stretching and strengthening exercises are the standard protocol applied. The Fascial Manipulation is a manual therapy that works on the connective tissue, by increasing mobility and reducing pain. We have added the Fascial Manipulation to prove if it make a faster recovery and a pain reduction in the short and the middle term.
Interventions
OTHERFascial Manipulation
Fascial Manipulation is a manual therapy that focused on deep muscular fascial.
Stretching and strengthening exercises
Sponsors
Azienda Ospedaliera Bolognini di Seriate Bergamo
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
The outcome assessor will be a statistic techinician, with any knowledge about the group composition and the rehabilitative intervention.
Intervention model description
Participants are assigned to one of two or more groups in parallel for the duration of the study are evaluated in parallel against a control group.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* shoulder pain and acute and relapse in six months * positive results in two orthopedic testes
Exclusion criteria
* Degenerative diseases and neurological diseases * Rheumatological Diseases and cancer * fracture of the humerus, scapula and collarbone * documented injury of rotator cuff. * cortisones therapy in action
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Shoulder Pain | Before and after the first treatment. A week after the enrollment. | VNS scale in the Apley 'Scratch Test |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| shoulder' function | Before and after the first treatment. A week after the enrollment. | Constant Morley Scale |
| Range of Movement of the shoulder | Before and after the first treatment. A week after the enrollment. | Bubble Inclinometer used in the flexion, abduction and external rotation movement |
| The shoulder's muscular strength | Before and after the first treatment. A week after the enrollment. | dynamometer survey in flexion and abduction movement |
Countries
Italy
Outcome results
None listed