NCT02374073

Functional Massage of Teres Major Muscle

Effectiveness of Functional Massage of the Teres Major Muscle in Patients With Subacromial Impingement Syndrome. A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 58 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Purpose: Subacromial impingement syndrome is the most common shoulder condition. Myofascial trigger points in teres major muscle can be associated with this syndrome. The investigators objective is to find out if adding manual therapy specifically for teres major trigger points can produce better results in these patients. Method: A randomized controlled pilot study was carried out. Fifty people were randomly assigned to one of two groups: intervention group or control group. Both groups received a protocolized physical therapy treatment while the intervention group additionally received manual therapy for teres major trigger points.

Conditions

• Subacromial Impingement Syndrome
• Trigger Points

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Functional Massage	The functional massage is a manual therapy technique, indicated in cases of painful muscle tightness that combines a rhythmical and non painful passive joint mobilization in the direction of muscle stretching together with compression/decompression of the muscle to be treated.
OTHER	Protocolized physiotherapy	therapeutic exercises, analgesic electrotherapy and cryotherapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-03-01
• Completion: 2014-03-01
• First posted: 2015-02-27
• Last updated: 2015-02-27