Effectiveness of a Group Intervention for the Treatment of Shoulder Pathologies

Miguel Hernández University of Elche

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Pain

Treatments: Procedure: Physiotherapy exercises guideline

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02541279

14/324

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators determined the effectiveness of a group intervention for the treatment of shoulder pathologies.

Full description

The investigators performed a two-armed prospective clinical trial study, analyzing a sample formed by 76 patients with shoulder pain. The patients were allocated to one group randomly (intervention or control group). The data was obtained in the San Juan de Alicante Hospital between November 2014 and July 2015.

Enrollment: 76 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

-Patients who came to the Rehabilitation Service of the San Juan de Alicante Hospital between November 2014 and July 2015 with one of the diagnosed diseases indicated in the 726.10 ICD-9-CM code (nontraumatic rotator cuff tear, bursitis, tendinitis, and medical diagnostics impingement syndrome of any severity depending stadiums Neer (1990) unilateral or bilateral joint balance with free or minimally limited internal rotation).

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who cannot perform the exercises correctly (example: psychiatry disorders)
• Patients with Shoulder surgery
• Patients whose shoulder pain is above 7 according VAS pain.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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76 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group received 6 sessions of shoulder exercises controlled by a physiotherapist.

Treatment:

Procedure: Physiotherapy exercises guideline

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control group received a paper explaining the same exercises which were performed by the intervention group. This group made the exercises at home.

Treatment:

Procedure: Physiotherapy exercises guideline