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Breathing Exercises and Adhesive Capsulitis

The Effect of Abdominal Breathing Exercises on Pain, Sleep and Quality of Life in Patients With Adhesive Capsulitis

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03467139
Enrollment
41
Registered
2018-03-15
Start date
2017-03-24
Completion date
2017-06-30
Last updated
2018-03-16

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Conditions

Adhesive Capsulitis

Keywords

Adhesive Capsulitis, Breathing exercises, Pain, Sleep quality, Quality of life

Brief summary

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of abdominal breathing exercises on pain, sleep quality and quality of life with adhesive capsulitis patients. The 41 adhesive capsulitis patients, 29 women and 12 men aged between 40-65 years, had divided into two groups by simple random sampling. In the study group, abdominal breathing exercise training was applied to routine physiotherapy program, in the control group routine physiotherapy program was applied for 8 weeks. Individuals were assessed for lung function test, range of motion, pain, sleep quality and quality of life. First assesment were performed at the beginning of treatment, 2nd assesment were performed at the end of 8 th week.

Detailed description

Pain in the early stages of adhesive capsulitis leads to many symptoms such as sleeping problems. Breathing exercises also began to take place among the applications towards pain. Abdominal respiration is considered the easiest method to reveal relaxation response. Slow breathing increases parasympathetic activity in the body and reduces sympathetic activity. This is the first and fundamental step of real healing. The reduction of pro-inflammatory markers with respiratory exercises suggests that respiratory exercises are effective in inflammation. On study group; Hotpack was applied for 15 minutes and TENS was applied for 15 minutes and ultrasonics for 5 minutes. Then, scapular mobilization and passive stretching exercises were applied in 10 sets of 3 sets (flexion, abduction, internal and external rotation) to increase joint range of motion by physiotherapist. Then abdominal respiratory exercise training was given 3 times a week as 30 sets of 3 times a week and patients were treated for 8 weeks. For the control group; Hotpack was applied for 15 min and TENS was applied for 15 min and ultrasonics for 5 min. Then scapular mobilization and passive stretching exercises were applied for 8 weeks in 10 sets of 3 sets (flexion, abduction, internal and external rotation) to increase joint range of motion by physiotherapist.

Interventions

OTHERAbdominal breathing exercise

Deep Breathing Exercise

Sponsors

Hasan Kalyoncu University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
40 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Those who have received an adhesive capsulitis diagnosis, * Those in the age range 40-65

Exclusion criteria

* Those who take medicine for pain, * Those with a primary sleep problem, * Those with respiratory system disease, * Those with cognitive problems, * Non-volunteer

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
PainChange from Baseline Pain at 8 weeksVisual Analog Scale-Min.score:0 Max.score:10.0 means no pain, 10 means unbearable pain.
Sleep QualityChange from Baseline Sleep Quality at 8 weeksPittsburgh Sleep Quality Index-Min.score:0 Max.score:21. High total score indicates poor sleep quality.
Quality of LifeChange from Baseline Quality of Life at 8 weeksSF-36:It consists of 36 items in total. It consists of 8 subtitles. (3 items), Energy (4 items), Mental Health (5 items), Social Function (2 items), Pain (2 items), General (10 items), Physical Role Strength Health Scale (8 items). The lower scales measure the health between 0 and 100, and 0 refers to the poor health status and 100 to the good health status.
Lung Function TestChange from Baseline Lung Function at 8 weeksLung Function Test

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Range of MotionChange from Baseline Range of Motion at 8 weeksUniversal Goniometer
Muscle StrengthChange from Baseline Muscle Strength at 8 weeksManuel Muscle Strength Test

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

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