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Frozen Shoulder Treated by Energy Accumulator

NCT04747938 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 38

Last updated 2021-08-06

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Summary

Frozen shoulder is a painful and disabling disorder of unclear cause, affecting middle-age people after their 5th decades. They suffer from annoying pain and limited shoulder mobility. Energy Accumulator provides a better way of relief through an integrative medicine concept.

Conditions

  • Frozen Shoulder

Interventions

DEVICE

Energy accumulator

All subjects treated with thermal therapy using the Energy Accumulator by acupoint concepts. The course included 8 sessions of treatment, twice every week for 4 weeks. Each session lasted for 30-45 minutes. During heat therapy, the ceramic nozzle of the Energy Accumulator was lightly pressed in contact of the skin, without any contact medium, and moved slowly along the meridians with some circular movements.

BEHAVIORAL

Home exercise program

Home exercises aimed at providing gentle mobilization at the shoulder and were capable of carrying out at home. Patients were requested to perform the movements on a daily basis within the first 4 weeks of treatment. Four movements were involved: Movement 1 - Pendular Exercise, Movement 2 - Circle Exercise, Movement 3 - Wall Climbing Exercise, and Movement 4 - Lie on bed and move both arms up and down.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kevin Ki-Wai Ho, Dr. · Chinese Univerisity of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-09-01
Primary Completion
2015-08-03
Completion
2015-10-24

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