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Manual Therapy Combined With Breathing

NCT07180225 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2025-09-18

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Summary

Rotator cuff impingement syndrome is one of the most common causes of shoulder pain and functional limitation, with manual therapy frequently employed in its management. This study aimed to investigate the additional effects of incorporating breathing exercises into manual therapy on pain and function.

Conditions

  • Rotator Cuff Injuries

Interventions

OTHER

Conventional therapy+manual therapy

Conventional therapy contains TENS and physiotherapist-supervised exercise program. These exercises are Wand exercises (15 repetitions each), codman exercises (1 minute in each direction), shoulder wheel exercises (5 minutes total), finger ladder exercises (10 repetitions), isometric exercises (10 repetitions each), capsular stretching exercises (10 repetitions each), pectoral muscle stretching and stabilization exercises (10 repetitions), shoulder stabilization exercises (5 minutes total), and strengthening exercises for the shoulder flexor, extensor, abductor, adductor, internal rotator, and external rotator muscles (15 repetitions each). In addition to them, manual therapy were applied to the shoulder region.

OTHER

Conventional therapy+manual therapy+breathing exercises

In addition to the treatment program of Group I, breathing exercises were added. Each manual therapy technique was performed with 10 repetitions per participant. Similarly, participants were instructed to perform each breathing exercise with 10 repetitions. They were also asked to continue the breathing exercises at home, performing them three times a day with 10 repetitions per session for a duration of six weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istanbul Medipol University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • MERVE YILMAZ MENEK, PhD · İstanbul Medipol university

  • ŞULE AYAN · İstanbul Medipol university

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-02-10
Primary Completion
2024-07-10
Completion
2024-07-15

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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