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Exercise Into Pain in Chronic Rotator Cuff Related Shoulder Pain: a Prospective Single-Group Feasibility Study

NCT04154345 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2025-06-24

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate a) the feasibility of applying a painful exercise program in the treatment of subacromial shoulder pain and b) the time needed to collect clinical outcomes for a future randomized controlled trial.

Conditions

  • Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

Exercise therapy (exercising into pain)

The intervention consists of 12 weeks of progressive loaded exercises, three times per week. There are 9 sessions of supervised physiotherapy treatment, lasting 30 minutes, while the rest of the sessions is conducted as home exercises. There are 4 strengthening exercises, in which the pain allowed ranges between 4 and 7 on a verbal NPRS for 9 weeks, then pain ratings are 0-2 for the remaining 3 weeks. Every physiotherapy session includes also 15 minutes of manual therapy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Malaga

    collaborator OTHER

  • Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Southern Denmark

    collaborator OTHER

  • Universiteit Antwerpen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Filip Struyf, Professor · Universiteit Antwerpen

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-11-28
Primary Completion
2020-05-14
Completion
2020-05-14

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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