Smartphone-based Mobility Assessment and Individualized Exercise Programs for Patients With Frozen Shoulder

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Frozen Shoulder

Treatments: Other: Smartphone; Other: traditional paper hangouts

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03883659

FStraining

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the smartphone goniometer app to measure shoulder ROM in a modified position for patients with frozen shoulder, and compare the intervention effect and adherence to home exercise between the smartphone and traditional paper hangouts.

Full description

This study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the smartphone goniometer app to measure shoulder ROM in a modified position for patients with frozen shoulder, and compare the intervention effect and adherence to home exercise between the smartphone and traditional paper hangouts. The outcome measure including shoulder range of motion, pain condition, home exercise adherence and satisfaction of smartphone program

Enrollment: 11 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• gradual shoulder pain and stiffness at least 4 months
• loss of active and passive shoulder mobility, shoulder external rotation <45 degree
• ability to use the smartphone

Exclusion criteria

• normal shoulder mobility
• diagnostic shoulder osteoarthritis
• nerve pain
• injection of corticosteroids in 3 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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11 participants in 2 patient groups

traditional paper hangouts group

Active Comparator group

Description:

patients use the traditional paper hangouts to conduct the home exercise program at home

Treatment:

Other: traditional paper hangouts

smartphone group

Experimental group

Description:

patients use the smartphone to conduct the home exercise program at home

Treatment:

Other: Smartphone