Heavy Slow Resistance Training in Adults With Frozen Shoulder (HSRFSRCT)

Ministry of Health, Kuwait

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Frozen Shoulder

Treatments: Other: Heavy Slow Resistance; Other: Control group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05466435

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Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to evaluate the efficacy of Heavy Slow Resistance exercise in patients diagnosed with frozen shoulder using randomized controlled trial design

Enrollment: 80 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Unilateral painful, restricted active and passive range of motion of the shoulder, with loss of passive external rotation of at least 50% compared to opposite side at 0 deg of abduction
• Symptoms present for at least 3 months
• Normal x-rays on anteroposterior, axillary and lateral views

Exclusion criteria

• Severe degeneration, or trauma involving the shoulder
• Inflammatory joint disease affecting the shoulder.
• Pain or disorders of the cervical spine, elbow, wrist, or hand
• Stroke or peripheral nerve neuropathy Injection with corticosteroids in the affected shoulder in the preceding 4 weeks.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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80 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Heavy Slow Resistance group

Experimental group

Description:

Heavy slow resistance exercise will be given along with traditional physical therapy program

Treatment:

Other: Heavy Slow Resistance

Other: Control group

Control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Traditional physical therapy program will be given to the control group

Treatment:

Other: Control group