Efficacy of Maitland Mobilization in Shoulder Pathology

University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tendinosis

Treatments: Procedure: Conventional physiotherapy; Procedure: Tens, exercise, SW; Procedure: Maitland

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05030402

ULPGC02

Details and patient eligibility

About

The shoulder is a mobile structure which generates a lot of pathologies. One of them is rotator cuff tendinosis. On the other hand, it has been investigated that Maitland is effective for reducing pain and for mobility in the cervical and lumbar spine and in joints such as the knee and ankle, however, there are few studies that confirm that it is effective in shoulder pathologies.So here the investigatprs want to study the effectiveness of Maitland as an adjunctive treatment for shoulder pathologies, comparing it with conventional physiotherapy treatment, in relation to the reduction of pain and increased mobility. For that the investigators have a randomized clinical trial with two group.

Full description

Group 1 receives tens, SW, conventional physiotherapy and exercises as treatment. Group 2 receives tens, SW, Mailtland, and exercises. An assessment is carried out at the beginning of the treatment, at the end and 2-4 weeks after finishing the treatment. The EVA ASES, DASH and SF-36 scales are included and the biomechanics study is used for the range of mobility.

Enrollment: 63 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Have a shoulder pathology.
• Have a restriction at least of two ranges of movement of the shoulder.
• Sign the consent before starting the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with a history of shoulder or neck surgery.
• Patients with neurological damage such as stroke or disease of Parkinson's, as well as those with rheumatism, osteoporosis, surgical fixation, or malignant tumors.
• Have a radiating pain in shoulder from a cervical injury.
• Pregnant patients.
• Patients who do not sign the consent before starting the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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63 participants in 2 patient groups

Maitland group

Experimental group

Description:

31 patients receives tens, SW, Maitland, and exercises. An assessment is carried out at the beginning of the treatment, at the end and 2-4 weeks after finishing the treatment. The EVA ASES, DASH and SF-36 scales are included and the biomechanics study is used for the range of mobility.

Treatment:

Procedure: Tens, exercise, SW

Procedure: Maitland

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

32 receives tens, SW, conventional physiotherapy and exercises as treatment. An assessment is carried out at the beginning of the treatment, at the end and 2-4 weeks after finishing the treatment. The EVA ASES, DASH and SF-36 scales are included and the biomechanics study is used for the range of mobility.

Treatment:

Procedure: Tens, exercise, SW

Procedure: Conventional physiotherapy