Anatomical Evaluation of Supraspinatus Through Ultrasonography and Biomechanical Measurements Following Different Combinations of Physical Therapies in Patients of Supraspinatus Tendinitis

Sehat Medical Complex

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Supraspinatus Tendinitis

Treatments: Other: Blood flow Restriction therapy; Device: ESWT; Other: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07470190

434/IRC/BMR/DATED:30/12/2025

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomized controlled trial will be conducted to get the expected outcomes. Patients of both gender groups with unilateral shoulder pain will be selected with age range 40-60 years from Sehat medical complex and randomly allocated into four groups (Group A, B, C and D) of two different trials (Trial I and Trial II). The sample size will be 120 patients for both trials. Musculoskeletal ultrasound, goniometry, pain pressure threshold, dynamometer and functional indices will be used to measure the tendon thickness, range of motion, pain, muscle strength and function level. The group A will get BFRT, Group B will get ESWT, group c will get the combination of both and group D will be the Control group (Routine physical therapy). In Trial II the group A will get BFRT, Group B will get Eccentric Training, Group C will get combination of both A & B and group D will be control group. data will be collected at baseline, 4th week, 8th week and 12 week of interventions. For data analysis SPSS version 25 will be used. Repeated measures ANOVA will be applied to compare the quantitative data within and between the groups. Post-Hoc test Tukey and Bonferroni correction will be used. The level of significance will be set at 5% (P<0.05).

Full description

Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders affect 1.71 billion people globally. In Pakistan 3.7-20% people are suffering from shoulder pain and while other rotator cuff muscles have been targeted with various therapies singly, neither supraspinatus tendinitis has received its due attention nor has the effect of combination of therapies been explored on it. Additionally, using the technique of MSK ultrasound will give us an objective quantitative basis for the anatomical evaluation. The tendon dimensions and biomechanical measurements of the supraspinatus show marked and differential improvement under the influence of different combinations of physical therapies compared to any single therapy.

Objectives:

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• unilateral shoulder pain
• both gender group
• two positive tests of (Neer impingement test, Hawkins-Kendy test, Empty can test),
• shoulder pain history up to 3 months
• not receiving any physiotherapy last 3 months.
• not receiving pain medications (NSAIDS) for last 15 days.

Exclusion criteria

• referred shoulder pain
• limited shoulder ROM less then 90 degree
• previous shoulder surgery, intra articular injection or nerve block last 6 months.
• patient with 180 mmHg blood pressure/uncontrolled BP
• upper limb fracture, uncontrolled diabetes, open wounds, fistula and vascular surgery.
• pregnant woman or 6 month history of pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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60 participants in 4 patient groups

Group A (Blood Flow Restriction Therapy)

Experimental group

Description:

4 Sets of exercise with restriction cuff 30,15,15,15 with cable system pulley

Treatment:

Other: Blood flow Restriction therapy

Group B (Extracorporeal Shock wave therapy)

Experimental group

Description:

10 minutes shocks of 2000 J/session

Treatment:

Device: ESWT

Group C (Combination of BFRT+ESWT)

Experimental group

Description:

Interventional study group Combination therapy

Treatment:

Device: ESWT

Other: Blood flow Restriction therapy

Control Group D

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Control group with routine physical therapy

Treatment:

Other: Control