NCT02083796

Short-term Effects of Thoracic Manipulation in Shoulder Impingement

Short-term Effects of Thoracic Manipulation on Scapular Kinematics, Muscle Activity and Pain in Shoulder Impingement. A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 110 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The hypothesis of this study is that thoracic spine manipulation would reduce pain in subjects with SIS and cause changes in scapular kinematics and muscle activity in subjects with impingement symptoms and in asymptomatic subjects. With this study, the investigators want to answer if possible changes in scapular motion and muscle activity following a TSM depend on the symptoms or if it is generic to individuals without shoulder dysfunction and not specific to subjects with shoulder impingement.

Detailed description

Subjects with shoulder impingement signs will be evaluated and will be compared with subjects asymptomatic for shoulder symptoms. Both subjects will be randomly assigned to one of two intervention groups: thoracic spinal manipulation (TSM) or sham intervention. We want to know if possible changes in scapular motion and muscle activity following a TSM depend on the symptoms or if it is generic to everyone. Also, we want to know if TSM reduces shoulder pain immediately and in a short-therm period.

Conditions

• Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Shoulder impingement_TSM	A physiotherapist with 4 years of experience in manual therapy will administer the TSM targeting the middle thoracic spine of the subjects.
PROCEDURE	Asymptomatic_TSM	A physiotherapist with 4 years of experience in manual therapy administered the TSM targeting the middle thoracic spine of the subjects.
PROCEDURE	Shoulder impingement_sham	A physiotherapist with 4 years of experience in manual therapy administered the sham intervention targeting the middle thoracic spine of the subjects.
PROCEDURE	Asymptomatic_sham	A physiotherapist with 4 years of experience in manual therapy administered the sham intervention targeting the middle thoracic spine of the subjects.

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-07-01
• Primary completion: 2015-07-01
• Completion: 2015-07-01
• First posted: 2014-03-11
• Last updated: 2015-10-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil