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Mirror Therapy for Impingement Syndrome

Mirror Therapy is an Adjuvant Treatment Option Based on Shoulder Impingement Syndrome.

Status
Completed
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05188157
Enrollment
62
Registered
2022-01-12
Start date
2022-01-14
Completion date
2022-03-01
Last updated
2022-06-01

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Conditions

Impingement Syndrome, Mirror Movements 2

Keywords

mirror therapy, Impingement Syndrome, shoulder, adjuvant treatment

Brief summary

Background: Mirror therapy is an adjuvant treatment option based on shoulder impingement Syndrome Objective:To investigate the effect of mirror theraphy on shoulder impingement Syndrome Methods: The study included 62 participants, including cases in the intervention group (IG) (± years) and 20 cases in the control group (CG) (years) who met the selection criteria. IG received mirror theraphy with regular physiotherapy while CG received only regular physiotherapy. The patients were evaluated with the before treatment, immediately after treatment (post-treatment).

Interventions

OTHERmirror therapy

The patients in IG will receive exercise program before mirror theraphy. The patient will continue to do the exercises in front of the mirror for the remaining 20 minutes of the exercise. While doing the exercise with the healthy side in front of the mirror, the patient will try to do the same movement with the shoulder diagnosed with impingement syndrome on the other side of the mirror. The patient will try to do the movement correctly with the reflection in the mirror.

OTHERconventional physiotherapy

The conventional physiotherapy program included, wand exercises for shoulder abduction, flexion, hyperextension and internal and external rotation, Codman exercises and isometric and resistive exercises of the shoulder girdle. The exercise program is performed under the supervision of an experienced physiotherapist. The isometric exercises will be used during the painful period, and the resistance exercises will be added after the pain began to relieve.under the supervision of a physician in the first 30 minutes of their exercise.

Sponsors

Kutahya Health Sciences University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

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

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Being aged 18-75 years * Being diagnosed with shoulder impingement syndrome

Exclusion criteria

* Being uncooperative * Having an additional systemic disease * Having uncontrolled hypertension * Presence of heart failure * Having hearing or vision problems * Having a balance disorder * Diagnosis of heart disease and lung disease so advanced that exercise is contraindicated * History of shoulder surgery * Have any pathology that may cause referred pain (eg, cervical radiculopathy) * Shoulder trauma, previous humeral fracture history * Steroid injection to the shoulder joint or subacromial bursa in the last 6 months

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
goniometer10 minutesshoulder range of motion and will be measured
Hawkins test5 minutesimpingement tests; forced internal rotation was performed while the arm and elbow were in 90° flexion
Neer test5 minutessubacromial impingement test
Jobe Test5 minuteslesions of the infraspinatus muscle
Constant Murley Score10 minutesfunctional level of the patients' shoulder joint, higher scores mean a better outcome.
Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale10 minuteswill be used to evaluate kinesiophobia, higher scores mean worse outcome.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

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