Physiotherapist Approach to Shoulder's Diseases, Differences Between Fascial Manipulation and Standard Exercises

Azienda Ospedaliera Bolognini di Seriate Bergamo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Pain; Manual Therapy

Treatments: Other: Fascial Manipulation; Other: Standard exercises protocol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03041727

AOBolognini 1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study purpose is to compare the effects of Fascial Manipulation added to standard exercises protocol versus the simple exercises protocol.

Full description

The shoulder degenerative diseases are recurring in hospital employees. The early approach, as we see in literature, has high probability to reduce the pain and the disfunction in the long term.

In particular stretching and strengthening exercises are the standard protocol applied.

The Fascial Manipulation is a manual therapy that works on the connective tissue, by increasing mobility and reducing pain.

We have added the Fascial Manipulation to prove if it make a faster recovery and a pain reduction in the short and the middle term.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• shoulder pain and acute and relapse in six months
• positive results in two orthopedic testes

Exclusion criteria

• Degenerative diseases and neurological diseases
• Rheumatological Diseases and cancer
• fracture of the humerus, scapula and collarbone
• documented injury of rotator cuff.
• cortisones therapy in action

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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70 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The subjects will be treated with a standard protocol of stretching and strengthening exercises , we require them to do the exercises by themselves during five weeks, one a day. To make sure that they will do the protocol, we'll give them a diary to sign the daily section.

Treatment:

Other: Standard exercises protocol

Intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

The subjects will be treated with the same protocol of the Standard Group, but in two section, they will receive a Fascial Manipulation approach.

Treatment:

Other: Fascial Manipulation