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Efficacy of Eccentric Exercises in Individuals With Frozen Shoulder

NCT04715035 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2025-07-01

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Summary

Frozen shoulder is a musculoskeletal condition with a strong negative impact on activities of daily living, producing pain, disability, anxiety, and sleep disorders. It has a worldwide prevalence of 5.3%, increasing from 10 to 38% in patients with diabetes and thyroid conditions. This clinical entity manifests itself mainly in women between 40 and 65 years of age. Its resolution time is long and can reach 42 months with symptoms that persist throughout life.

In the clinical evaluation, patients with Frozen Shoulder are manifested mainly by presenting mobility deficits. Previous studies described different structural alterations that may justify this clinical condition and its consequences, such as, for example, fibrosis of the coracohumeral ligament, alterations of the rotator interval, and of the axillary recess.

Although passive structures are believed to be primarily involved in this condition, A series of five cases in which patients with frozen shoulder presented a significant increase in mobility after a general anesthetic block. The data obtained from this study and the different complications presented by patients with CH suggest that it is necessary to further understand the role of the rotator cuff in this clinical condition.

Eccentric exercises consist of contracting the muscle to control or decelerate a load while the muscle or tendon is lengthening or remaining stretched. This intervention has been proposed for the treatment of tendinopathies in different body regions.

Conditions

  • Frozen Shoulder
  • Capsulitis, Adhesive
  • Capsulitis of Shoulder

Interventions

OTHER

Physical therapy interventions

mobilization, stretch, education, eccentric exercises

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Durand, Argentina

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Paula Camargo, PhD · University of São Carlos

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-08-03
Primary Completion
2025-06-27
Completion
2025-06-27

Countries

  • Argentina

Study Locations

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