NCT01307826

Massage in Treating Painful Shoulder

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Massage Based on the Tensegrity Rule and Classical Massage in Treating Painful Shoulder

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: —
• Sponsor: Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare classical massage and massage based on the tensegrity rule in treating people with painful shoulder.

Detailed description

The joint system of the shoulder girdle is exposed to frequent overloading, which can cause painful shoulder. The therapeutic methods applied in the treatment of painful shoulder syndrome include among others oral pharmacotherapy, joint injections, kinesitherapy, ultrasound, electrotherapy, laser. Manual therapy, chiropractic and surgery could also be used. Attempts have also been made to apply classical massage in treating painful shoulder, although it is not often used due to its low effectiveness.This study compares classical massage and massage based on the tensegrity rule which is not commonly known.

Conditions

• Shoulder Pain Syndrome
• Pain
• Frozen Shoulder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	massage	session - 20 minutes. Before the massage, palpable evaluation of the selected anatomical structures was carried out - to determine which tissues have the greatest sensitivity and which motor organs show increased tension (by pressing the attachment). In all the examined patients, pain of the following muscle attachments were shown: * latissimus muscle of the back * major pectoral muscle * supraspinous and infraspinous muscles * teres minor muscle * serratus anterior muscle * deltoid muscle The decision which muscles and fascias have to be massaged was made on the basis of the performed evaluation. In most cases the above mentioned tissues (together with other motor system organs which are structurally linked to it) were massaged to relax them. A palpable evaluation of the previously examined points was again performed during the final part, with particular attention paid to painful muscles, in order to analyze the effectiveness of the performed relaxation.
OTHER	massage	classical massage (Swedish massage)

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-01-01
• Primary completion: 2010-06-01
• Completion: 2010-09-01
• First posted: 2011-03-03
• Last updated: 2011-03-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Poland