Chronic Shoulder Pain Treated by Pressures With the Thumbs on the Trigger Points

Guy Hains Chiropractor

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 2

Phase 1

Conditions

Shoulder Pain

Treatments

Procedure: ischemic compression

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00679887

CER-05-102-07.05

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to find the efficacy of treating the trigger points located around the shoulder in patients suffering from chronic shoulder pain.

Full description

Chronic shoulder pain is a common condition which should be treated by surgery only wen conservative approaches have been tried. in the present trial the authors intend to find the effectiveness of treating the triggers points located in muscles, ligaments and tendons surrounding the shoulderin patients suffering from chronic shoulder pain.

The technique used in this trial is ischemic compression(thumb tip pressure) on the trigger points

Enrollment

59 patients

Sex

All

Ages

30 to 60 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

30 to 60 years old.
To have suffered from shoulder pain on a daly basis for at least 3 months
Participants had to be able to raise the arm above ther head.
They had accept to receive 15 chiropractic treatments without charge.

Exclusion criteria

Past surgery to the arm.
Injection to the shoulder in the month preceding the trial.
A diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis or any other systemic disorders affecting the joints.
Shoulder pain from an herniated disc.