Effectiveness of Functional Electrical Stimulation Versus Spencer Technique in Patients With Adhesive Capsulitis

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06404814

Enrollment

Registered

2024-05-08

Start date

2023-09-01

Completion date

2024-09-30

Last updated

2024-05-08

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Conditions

Adhesive Capsulitis

Brief summary

This study focus on the rehabilitation of patients with frozen shoulder through a manual technique called Spencer MET.The purpose of this approach is to reduce the pain and improve the ROM and quality of life.

Detailed description

By comparing the effectiveness of functional electrical stimulation versus the Spencer technique in patients with adhesive capsuilitis is to determine which treatment approach will yields better outcomes in order to reduce the detrimental effects of disease process.Spencer METs consist of series of seven steps taken in order to decrease pain and stiffness in sholder regiegionn.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALTranscutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

(TENS) is a method of pain relief involving the use of a mild electrical current

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTMuscle Energy Technique

n Spencer's technique, there are seven steps as follows: shoulder extension along with elbow flexion, shoulder flexion with elbow extension, circumduction with compression, circumduction with distraction, shoulder abduction and internal rotation with elbow flexion, shoulder adduction and external rotation with elbow

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

40 Years to 60 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with diabetic frozen shoulder * Patients having frozen shoulder after stroke * Subjects having stiff shoulder for at least 3 months * Subjects with bilateral/unilateral frozen shoulder * Subjects with idiopathic frozen shoulder

Exclusion criteria

* Bone fracture within past 12 weeks * Patients with hyper mobile joints * Subjects with Rotator cuff pathology * Dislocated shoulder * Subjects who had shoulder arthroplasty

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS):	12 Months	It is tool widely used to measure the intensity of pain and discomfort.VAS effectively used in randomized controlled trials for outcome measures,consisting of 10 cm straight line from 0 to 10.0 represents No pain and 10 represent Worst pain. Patients can mark their severity of pain.
Goniometer	12 months	Goniometer is instrument used to measure the range of motion of a joint.

Countries

Pakistan

Outcome results

None listed

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