NCT02463526

Effects of Mulligan's Technique in Subjects With Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

The Effects of Mulligan's Technique on Range of Movement, Pressure Pain Threshold, Muscle Strength, and Functionality in Subjects With Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 27 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Participants will be initially assessed for their suitability for inclusion in the study and will undergo a physical screening of the affected shoulder and cervical spine by an experienced physiotherapist. After, participants will be attended 72 hours after data recording of the baseline measures (range of motion with a goniometer, pressure pain threshold with a algometer, and peak force with a dynamometer) for four sessions per week with 24 hours of interval between sessions. At each experimental week session, each participant will receive one of the two treatment conditions (MWM or sham) and then will repeats the assessment. In the following week, there will be a crossover condition of each individual and 24 hours after the last treatment session, the examiner will do the last assessment.

Conditions

• Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Mobilization with Movement (MWM) condition/ Sham condition	The treatment condition consists in the application of a posterolateral glide (MWM) in the affected shoulder. Subjects will be seated and the therapist will stay beside the participants on the opposite side to the affected shoulder. One hand will be placed over the scapula posteriorly while the thenar eminence of the other hand will be placed over the humerus head anterior aspect. A posterior glide will be applied to the humeral head. Three sets of 10 repetitions will be applied with a 30 seconds rest interval between each set. Sham condition will replicate treatment condition except for the hand positioning. The therapist will place one hand along the clavicle and the other on the humeral head posterior aspect of the affected shoulder. A simulated anterior glide will be performed.
OTHER	Sham condition/ Mobilization with Movement (MWM) condition	The Sham condition consists in the application of a simulated anterior glide in the affected shoulder. Subjects will be seated and the therapist will stay beside the participants on the opposite side to the affected shoulder. The therapist will place one hand along the clavicle and the other on the humeral head posterior aspect of the affected shoulder. A simulated anterior glide will be performed. Three sets of 10 repetitions will be applied with a 30 seconds rest interval between each set. The treatment condition will replicate treatment condition except for the hand positioning. The therapist will place one hand over the scapula posteriorly while the thenar eminence of the other hand will be placed over the anterior humerus head. A posterior glide will be applied to the humeral head.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-04-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2015-06-04
• Last updated: 2015-12-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil