Core Stabilization Exercises on Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Acibadem University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Subacromial Impingement Syndrome

Treatments: Other: classical physiotherapy program; Other: Core Stabilization Exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06531889

37068608-6100-15-1757

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this retrospective study was to look into the effects of core stabilization exercises applied in conjunction with classic physiotherapy program on pain, muscle strength, disability, and posture in SIS.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 35 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients between the ages of 35 and 60 who were diagnosed by a Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation doctor with at least ten years of experience, whose SIS was confirmed by MRI, and who had shoulder complaints for at least three months, patients with positive signs, a positive Hawkins-Kennedy test, significant loss of active and passive shoulder movements or painful range of motion (ROM), and patients whose treatment and evaluation methods were appropriate for the study design were enrolled in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who had upper extremity surgery, patients with a history of shoulder trauma and corticosteroid application to the shoulder region in the previous year, a history of shoulder dislocation, infection, tumor, adhesive capsulitis, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, congenital anomaly, rheumatic disease, and chronic severe systemic disease, as well as professional athletes and patients whose evaluations were missing in the previous month were excluded

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

classical physiotherapy program

Active Comparator group

Description:

The group in classical physiotherapy program; n=25 (3 days per week for six weeks)

Treatment:

Other: classical physiotherapy program

core stabilization group

Experimental group

Description:

The group in which core stabilization was also performed in addition to classical physiotherapy program; n=25 (3 days per week for 6 weeks)

Treatment:

Other: Core Stabilization Exercises

Other: classical physiotherapy program