Baduanjin Exercises on Shoulder Dysfunction Post Thyroidectomy

MTI University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Thyroiditis, Chronic

Treatments

Other: Baduanjin exercises

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06954220

P.T.REC/012/005743

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will be carried out at the outpatient clinic of the faculty of physical therapy, Cairo university, El Galaa general hosbital after referral from endocrine surgeon. Participants will perform these exercises in a room supervisor physiotherapist.

All participants will sign a written consent form after receiving full information about the purpose of the study, procedure, possible benefits, privacy, and use of data.

Full description

This study will investigate the effects of Baduanjin exercises on shoulder dysfunction post thyroidectomy. To assign patients to different treatment groups, a table of random numbers generated by a computer was used. Patients were allocated randomly into two groups using this method. This study will be carried out at the outpatient clinic of the faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University, El Galaa general hospital and National Cancer Institute in Cairo to be treated in the outpatient clinic after referral from endocrine surgeon. Participants will perform these exercises in a room supervisor physiotherapist.

All participants will sign a written consent form after receiving full information about the purpose of the study, procedure, possible benefits, privacy, and use of data.

Enrollment

90 patients

Sex

All

Ages

30 to 50 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

They have the development of the shoulder dysfunction (Range of motion limitation and shoulder pain) (limitation of 20 ≥ ROM in shoulder flexion, abduction, external or internal rotation) after thyroidectomy.
Patients who were 6 months to 1 year post unilateral neck dissection
Aged 30- 50 years (at the time of surgery)

Exclusion criteria

they had severe cardiac disease, uncontrolled hypertension and upper extremity problems started Before treatment of thyroid cancer surgery.
Patients with neurological disease, rheumatologically disease, communication problems, recurrent infections, and history of head or neck malignancy, history of > 1 neck dissection, history of bilateral neck dissection,
open wounds or incision presence in the region and patients proceeding with chemotherapy (CT) or radiotherapy (RT) were barred