Clinical Trial on Frozen Shoulder Using Bilateral Shoulder Radiography in Different Position

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Frozen Shoulder

Treatments: Radiation: Bilateral shoulder anteroposterior radiography

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02169206

910177

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study on frozen shoulder addressed the null hypothesis that there is no difference in the motion of scapula against the thoracic wall between affected and non-affected shoulder.

Full description

Adult patients with unilateral shoulder pain lasted for more than one month, accompanied by passive and active limitation of range of motion in all directions will be included. Patients with bilateral involvement, history of trauma, history of surgery on the affected shoulder, history of fracture, shoulder osteoarthritis, symptoms less than one month and any signs of rotator cuff tear will be excluded. MR imaging will be done to exclude other pathologies and frank rotator cuff tear.

Enrollment: 21 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• adult patients with unilateral shoulder pain lasted for more than one month, accompanied by passive and active limitation of range of motion in all directions

Exclusion criteria

• bilateral involvement, history of trauma, history of surgery on the affected shoulder, history of fracture, shoulder osteoarthritis, symptoms less than one month and any signs of rotator cuff tear. MRI will be done to rull out the rotator cuff tear.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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21 participants in 1 patient group

shoulder radiography

Other group

Description:

Bilateral shoulder AP standard plain x-ray in 0 and 90 degrees of arm abduction. Non-affected shoulder is used to be compared with the affected shoulder.

Treatment:

Radiation: Bilateral shoulder anteroposterior radiography