Bowen Technique Versus Dynamic Soft Tissue Mobilization on Pain, Range of Motion and Functional Disability in Patients With Adhesive Capsulitis

University of Lahore

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Adhesive Capsulitis

Treatments: Other: Dynamic soft tissue mobilization; Other: Bowen Technique and 3 moves

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT07047846

REC-UOL-/494/08/24

The University of Lahore

Details and patient eligibility

About

A randomized controlled trial included 72 patients diagnosed with adhesive capsulitis will conduct in University of Lahore Teaching Hospital. The study will complete within 9 months after the approval of synopsis. Patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria will identified by individual physiotherapist and will enrolled for particular study. Informed written consent will be taken by the patients and will randomly allocated into two groups. The total numbers of sessions will 12 (3 sessions per week). The study will single blinded. The assessor will unaware of the treatment given to both groups.

Control group received routine physical therapy with dynamic soft tissue mobilization technique.

thermotherapy, trans-cutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, shoulder isometrics and stretching that includes 12 sessions and three times per week. Experimental group received routine physical therapy along with Bowen technique. This includes thermotherapy, trans-cutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, shoulder isometrics and stretching that includes 12 sessions and three times per week

Full description

A randomized controlled trial will conduct at the UOL Teaching Hospital. Seventy-two diabetic patients aged 50-80 years with Grade 2 or 3 adhesive capsulitis will be divided into two groups at random: Bowen therapy will administered to Group A with routine physiotherapy, and Group B received DSTM with routine physiotherapy. Both interventions will delivered twice weekly for six weeks. Pain (VAS and SPADI Pain), ROM (flexion, abduction, external rotation), as well as functional impairment (SPADI Disability and Total Score) wil be assessed at baseline, week 3, and week 6.

Enrollment: 72 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed patients of 50-80 years of age
• Grade 2 & 3 (frozen and thawing) adhesive capsulitis
• patients willing to participate in the study
• Only diabetic patients

Exclusion criteria

• Major mental health probleme
• Patients who has a history of surgery on the shoulder, other shoulder diseases including a rotator cuff tear, sub acromial impingement syndrome, and a shoulder labral tear
• Patients taking oral or intra-articular steroids and cortisone injection prior 3 months
• Subjects with rotator cuff tears or other shoulder ligament injuries, H/O arthritis related to shoulder, malignancy, adhesive capsulitis secondary to fractures, dislocation, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, neurological disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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72 participants in 2 patient groups

Bowen technique with routine physical therapy

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive bowen technique 3 moves with routine physical therapy including ROM exercises, stretching exercises, strengthening exercises and scapular stabilization exercises . This group will receive 12 sessions ( 3 sessions per week)

Treatment:

Other: Bowen Technique and 3 moves

Dynamic soft tissue mobilization with routine physical therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group will receive dynamic soft tissue mobilization with routine physical therapy including heat application , ROM exercises, stretching exercises, strengthening exercises and scapular stabilization exercises . This group will receive 12 sessions ( 3 sessions per week)

Treatment:

Other: Dynamic soft tissue mobilization