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Sensorimotor Training Exercises for Shoulder Position Sense

NCT07316283 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 46

Last updated 2026-01-05

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Summary

Forty-six female patients aged 35-55 years who were suffering from shoulder dysfunction following mastectomy surgeries participated in this study. The participants were recruited from the outpatient clinic of the Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, and were randomly assigned into two equal groups.

Group A: consisted of 23 patients who received sensorimotor training exercises in addition to a traditional physical therapy program which included shoulder range of motion exercises, capsular stretching exercises, scapular muscle strengthening exercises, shoulder Maitland mobilization, and scapular mobilization.

Group B: consisted of 23 patients who received only the traditional physical therapy program, which included shoulder range of motion exercises, capsular stretching exercises, scapular muscle strengthening exercises, shoulder Maitland mobilization, and scapular mobilization.

Both groups received treatment three sessions per week for a duration of eight weeks.

Conditions

  • Post Mastectomy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Sensorimotor Training Exercises

Sensorimotor training exercises, in addition to the traditional physical therapy program which included shoulder ROM exercises, capsular stretching exercises, scapular muscle strengthening exercises, and scapular mobilization were applied three sessions per week for eight weeks. Patients tracked a diagram fixed on the wall using a laser pointer, threw and caught a medicine ball, performed upper-limb weight-bearing exercises on a Swiss ball, and executed wall exercises using a ball. Each exercise was performed in three sets of ten repetitions, with one minute of rest between sets. The traditional physical therapy program also included scapular retraction exercises with moderate resistance from standing, shoulder ROM exercises using a shoulder wheel and ladder in flexion and abduction, scapular mobilization from sitting, shoulder Maitland mobilization (inferior, anterior, and posterior glides), and posterior capsule stretching from sitting with two sets of fifteen repetitions.

BEHAVIORAL

Traditional Physical Therapy Program

The traditional physical therapy program consisted of scapular retraction exercises with moderate resistance from standing, shoulder range of motion exercises using a shoulder wheel and ladder in flexion and abduction, scapular mobilization from a seated position, shoulder Maitland mobilization including inferior, anterior, and posterior glides, and posterior capsule stretching from a seated position, performed in approximately two sets of fifteen repetitions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Huda Tarek Abuassi · Cairo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
35 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-09-16
Primary Completion
2025-11-16
Completion
2025-12-16

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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