Forces and Translation Distance During an Inferior Glide of the Shoulder

Dr. Rob Sillevis,

Status: Completed

Conditions: Asymptomatic Condition

Treatments: Procedure: Inferior glide humerus in GH joint

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04775628

2018-015

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates the force and translation distance in the GH joint during a manual inferior glide of the humerus.

Full description

There has been limited research on how the variance of force affects MT outcomes and what the best practices of MT should be. No specific force threshold necessary to achieve a predetermined translational distance within the joint has been quantified within the literature. The purpose of this study was to quantify the amount of force necessary to perform an inferior glide to the glenohumeral joint and reach to end-range. A secondary aim was to determine the impact of co-variables, such as gender, height, weight, and age, on the amount of force required to translate the humeral head within the glenohumeral joint. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound imaging using the GE LogiQe was used to measure the translation of the humeral head. The manipulation force was measured using the Novel Pliance Glove device and software.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy volunteers
• Able to read the English language fluently

Exclusion criteria

• a history of injury of the right shoulder
• right shoulder surgery
• presence of shoulder pain
• comorbidities affecting natural ROM within the dominant shoulder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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64 participants in 1 patient group

inferior glide

Experimental group

Description:

Inferior glide of the right humerus till no motion is visual on the imaging

Treatment:

Procedure: Inferior glide humerus in GH joint