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Effectiveness of Physiotherapy for Chronic Shoulder Pain

NCT00415441 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2013-01-17

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether a physiotherapy program reduces pain and improves disability and quality-of-life in people with chronic shoulder pain.

The main study hypotheses are that (i) A 10-week physiotherapy treatment will result in significantly greater reductions in pain and disability than placebo treatment in individuals with chronic shoulder pain (ii) Improvements in pain and disability following a 10-week physiotherapy treatment will be maintained at a 3-month follow-up.

Conditions

  • Shoulder Pain

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Physiotherapy program

PROCEDURE

Placebo physiotherapy treatment

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Kim L Bennell, PhD · University of Melbourne, Australia

  • Rachelle Buchbinder, MPH · Monash University, Australia

  • Sally Green, PhD · Monash University

  • Anthony Harris · Monash University

  • Andrew Forbes · Monash University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-03-31
Primary Completion
2008-06-30
Completion
2008-09-30

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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