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The Relationship of Critical Shoulder Angle With Proprioception and Disability

The Relationship of Critical Shoulder Angle With Proprioception and Disability in Patients With Subacromial Impingement

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06878846
Enrollment
101
Registered
2025-03-17
Start date
2024-05-30
Completion date
2025-08-12
Last updated
2026-01-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Rotator Cuff Impingement Syndrome, Shoulder Impingement Syndrome, Subacromial Impingement Syndrome

Keywords

shoulder joint, critical shoulder angle, proprioception, disability

Brief summary

With this study it will determined that the effect of critical shoulder angle which will be obtained from the MRI images of patients with Subacromial Impingement Syndrome on proprioception and disability level.

Detailed description

Critical shoulder angle (CSA) is defined as the intersection angle between two lines which are drawn from inferior border of glenoid cavity to superior border of glenoid cavity and from inferior border of glenoid cavity to inferolateral border of acromion. Higher CSA is accepted a predisposing factor for degenerative shoulder diseases. Increase in CSA means more shear forces reflects on shoulder joint which also causes overload on the RC tendon. Increase of degeneration in shoulder joint may cause decreased proprioception. As a result of degeneration, the level of disability will be increased. At the end of this study, the relationship among critical shoulder angle, proprioception and disability could be more clearly interpreted.

Interventions

Assessment of correlation

Sponsors

Lokman Hekim University
Lead SponsorOTHER_GOV

Study design

Observational model
CASE_ONLY
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
25 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Being between 25-70 years of age, * Diagnosis of SIS based on physical examination (at least three positive results from the Neer, Jobe, Hawkins/Kennedy Impingement, and/or Painful Arc tests), * Being Level I-II Subacromial Impingement (radiologic examination (MRI)), * having painful arc between 60° and 120° during active shoulder elevation * Having shoulder pain for 3 months.

Exclusion criteria

* Having a shoulder operation before. * Having Cardiovascular, Rheumatological or Neurological Disease * Having Cervical Spine Disease * Having Physiotherapy Treatment in last 6 months. * Having a trauma, fracture, total Rotator Cuff rupture, Frozen Shoulder on shoulder joint

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Critical Shoulder AngleBaseline (The evaluation will be conducted only once)Critical Shoulder Angle is the intersection angle between two lines which are drawn from inferior border of glenoid cavity to superior border of glenoid cavity and from inferior border of glenoid cavity to inferolateral border of acromion. That will be measured from the MRI images of patients.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Shoulder ProprioceptionBaseline (The evaluation will be conducted only once)Shoulder proprioception will be evaluated 60° ve 90° ve 120° degrees of shoulder joint active-active, active-passive and passive-active manner. The Shoulder proprioception will be assessed using a bubble inclinometer.
DisabilityBaseline (The evaluation will be conducted only once)The disability will be assessed by using SPADI (Shoulder Pain and disability Index). First part includes 5 questions inquiring pain status. Second part includes 8 questions inquiring activity participation status. Total score ranges between 0-100. Increase of scores reflects higher disability.

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

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