NCT01465932

Effectiveness of Physical Therapy Program to Treat Rotator Cuff Disorders Among Nursing Professionals

Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Physical Therapy Program to Treat Rotator Cuff Disorders Among Nursing Professionals According to Indicators of Quality of Life and Job Satisfaction

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The program of stretching, strengthening and proprioception is more effective than stretching and strengthening program in nursing, with rotator cuff disorder, according to indicators of quality of life and job satisfaction.

Detailed description

The study will be conducted at the Rehabilitation Centre of the Hospital of the Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo (USP-HCFMRP). The study will be conducted with nursing staff (nurses, technicians and nursing assistants) HCFMRP-USP. The sample will consist of nursing workers sent by request for referral to a medical diagnosis of rotator cuff disorder in the period May 2010 to August 2011. There was no sample size calculation for this study because the number of subjects directly depends on the demand of patients referred to the Department of Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Center (CER) in the period of data collection. All patients who met the study inclusion criteria were invited to participate. So, once met the inclusion criteria of the sample, the subjects were randomly allocated to Group 1 (control) or 2 (experimental). Group 1 was formed by the subjects in the control group in which they were performed stretching exercises, cryotherapy and strengthening the shoulder. Group 2 was formed by the subjects in the experimental group were performed in which stretching exercises, strengthening, and cryotherapy proprioceção shoulder.

Conditions

• Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
• Quality of Life
• Satisfaction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Control, no Proprioception	The period of data collection period was from June 2010 to August 2011. All subjects who met the inclusion criteria, were randomly allocated to group 1 (control) or group 2 (experimental). Both groups consisted of 12 physical therapy sessions, taking place 2 times a week for 6 weeks. After randomization, subjects were allocated to group 1 (control group) underwent cervical stretching exercises, strengthening the scapular muscles and rotator cuff and cryotherapy.
OTHER	Experimental, Proprioceptive exercises	The period of data collection period was from June 2010 to August 2011. All subjects who met the inclusion criteria, were randomly allocated to group 1 (control) or group 2 (experimental). Both groups consisted of 12 physical therapy sessions, taking place 2 times a week for 6 weeks. After randomization, subjects were allocated to group 2 (experimental group) underwent cervical stretching exercises, strengthening the scapular muscles and rotator cuff exercises and cryotherapy as well as proprioceptive sensory-motor

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-07-01
• Primary completion: 2011-06-01
• Completion: 2011-08-01
• First posted: 2011-11-07
• Last updated: 2011-11-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil