Frozen Shoulder
Conditions
Keywords
frozen shoulder, smartphone, home exercise program, range of motion
Brief summary
This study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the smartphone goniometer app to measure shoulder ROM in a modified position for patients with frozen shoulder, and compare the intervention effect and adherence to home exercise between the smartphone and traditional paper hangouts.
Detailed description
This study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the smartphone goniometer app to measure shoulder ROM in a modified position for patients with frozen shoulder, and compare the intervention effect and adherence to home exercise between the smartphone and traditional paper hangouts. The outcome measure including shoulder range of motion, pain condition, home exercise adherence and satisfaction of smartphone program
Interventions
OTHERSmartphone
patients with frozen shoulder in the smartphone group will use the smartphone to conduct the home exercise program. The patients will be asked to follow the description to have mobility assessment at least 1 week and do the individualized exercise themselves.
OTHERtraditional paper hangouts
patients with frozen shoulder in the smartphone group will use the paper hangouts to conduct the home exercise program. The content of the paper hangouts were description of the home exercise.
Sponsors
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Masking description
one assessor who don't know the group will measure the range of motion by using goniometer
Intervention model description
randomized controlled trial
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* gradual shoulder pain and stiffness at least 4 months * loss of active and passive shoulder mobility, shoulder external rotation \<45 degree * ability to use the smartphone
Exclusion criteria
* normal shoulder mobility * diagnostic shoulder osteoarthritis * nerve pain * injection of corticosteroids in 3 months
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| home exercise adherence | 4 weeks | the days patients do the home exercise program |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| shoulder range of motion | baseline, 4 weeks | the mobility of shoulder |
| Visual analog scale (VAS) | baseline, 4 weeks | Ranged form 0 (minimum score) to 10 (Maximum score) ,the higher score represent more painful |
| System usability scale (SUS) | 4 weeks | the satisfaction scale of the smartphone program |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed