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Effects of a Scapular-focused Exercise Protocol

NCT05516186 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2022-08-25

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Summary

Background: Current clinical practice still lacks consistent evidence in the physiotherapy management of Rotator cuff related pain syndrome (RCS). The purpose of this trial was to compare the effectiveness of a scapular-focused treatment with and without real-time electromyographic biofeedback (EMGBF) to a control therapy in patients with RCS.

Methods: 60 patients with RCS were divided into three groups: scapular-focused exercise protocol group (P\_G n=20), scapular-focused exercise protocol with EMGBF group (P+EMGBF\_G n=20) and control therapy group (CT\_G n=20). Values of pain and function \[Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) questionnaire, complemented by the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire\], scapular stabilizer neuromuscular control (SSNC), scapular stabilizer activation onset (SSAO), dynamic scapular alignment, range of motion (ROM) and glenohumeral flexor and abductor muscle strength (GMS) were assessed at baseline and after 6-weeks and compared within and between groups.

Conditions

  • Rotator Cuff Syndrome of Shoulder and Allied Disorders

Interventions

OTHER

Scapular-focused exercise protocol with EMGBF

Scapular-focused exercises, based on the dos Santos et al (2021) protocol with the aid of the electromyographic biofeedback

OTHER

Control Therapy

manual and exercise therapy

OTHER

Scapular-focused exercise protocol without EMGBF

Scapular-focused exercises, based on the dos Santos et al (2021) protocol

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • NOVA School of Science and Technology ı FCT NOVA

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Isabel Almeida, MsC · Superior School of Health os Setúbal

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-05-09
Primary Completion
2022-05-09
Completion
2022-07-25

Countries

  • Portugal

Study Locations

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