Effectiveness of Physical Therapy Program to Treat Rotator Cuff Disorders Among Nursing Professionals

University of Sao Paulo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Satisfaction; Quality of Life; Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Experimental, Proprioceptive exercises; Other: Control, no Proprioception

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01465932

uspombro01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The program of stretching, strengthening and proprioception is more effective than stretching and strengthening program in nursing, with rotator cuff disorder, according to indicators of quality of life and job satisfaction.

Full description

The study will be conducted at the Rehabilitation Centre of the Hospital of the Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP-HCFMRP).

The study will be conducted with nursing staff (nurses, technicians and nursing assistants) HCFMRP-USP.

The sample will consist of nursing workers sent by request for referral to a medical diagnosis of rotator cuff disorder in the period May 2010 to August 2011.

There was no sample size calculation for this study because the number of subjects directly depends on the demand of patients referred to the Department of Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Center (CER) in the period of data collection. All patients who met the study inclusion criteria were invited to participate.

So, once met the inclusion criteria of the sample, the subjects were randomly allocated to Group 1 (control) or 2 (experimental).

Group 1 was formed by the subjects in the control group in which they were performed stretching exercises, cryotherapy and strengthening the shoulder.

Group 2 was formed by the subjects in the experimental group were performed in which stretching exercises, strengthening, and cryotherapy proprioceção shoulder.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• working as a nurse
• technician or nursing assistant in the hospital
• make medical diagnosis of disorder in the rotator cuff (impingement, injury or rupture of the cuff)
• does not make a medical diagnosis of cognitive impairment
• were receiving no another type of treatment for shoulder pain (eg medicines,acupuncture, massage)
• availability and interest in participating in therapy and accept to participate in the survey.

Exclusion criteria

• patients with pain that would prohibit their participation in the program with a medical diagnosis of cognitive impairment,
• associated with debilitating diseases,
• previous surgery of the shoulder,
• other specific conditions of the shoulder joint (adhesive capsulitis,
• degenerative osteoarthritis of the glenohumeral joint,
• tendon calcification) and do not accept to join the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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16 participants in 2 patient groups

No proprioception

Active Comparator group

Description:

Nursing professionals to diagnose disorders of the rotator cuff previously randomly allocated in this group did stretching exercises of the muscles of the cervical spine and chest, strengthening the muscles of the rotator cuff and stabilizers of the scapula, in addition to cryotherapy reduction of pain.

Treatment:

Other: Control, no Proprioception

Proprioceptive exercises

Experimental group

Description:

Nursing professionals to diagnose disorders of the rotator cuff previously randomly allocated in this group did stretching exercises of the muscles of the cervical spine and chest, strengthening the muscles of the rotator cuff and stabilizers of the scapula, proprioception exercises to improve motor control, besides cryotherapy for reduction of pain.

Treatment:

Other: Experimental, Proprioceptive exercises