Functional Massage of Teres Major Muscle

Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina

Status: Completed

Conditions: Trigger Points; Subacromial Impingement Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Protocolized physiotherapy; Other: Functional Massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02374073

P13/082

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose: Subacromial impingement syndrome is the most common shoulder condition. Myofascial trigger points in teres major muscle can be associated with this syndrome. The investigators objective is to find out if adding manual therapy specifically for teres major trigger points can produce better results in these patients.

Method: A randomized controlled pilot study was carried out. Fifty people were randomly assigned to one of two groups: intervention group or control group. Both groups received a protocolized physical therapy treatment while the intervention group additionally received manual therapy for teres major trigger points.

Enrollment: 58 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 years and over
• Clinical diagnosis of Subacromial Impingement Syndrome.
• Detectable trigger points in teres major muscle.
• Sign informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of wounds or cutaneous alterations in the shoulder region
• Previous surgery in the shoulder
• Presence of acute inflammatory process in the shoulder (< 7 days),
• Being involved in litigation or compensation processes
• Not having a domain of the language that could make the informed consent not understandable.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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58 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Treated with protocolized physiotherapy and functional massage

Treatment:

Other: Protocolized physiotherapy

Other: Functional Massage

Control group

Experimental group

Description:

Treated with protocolized physiotherapy

Treatment:

Other: Protocolized physiotherapy