NCT03127839

Type of Exercise and Education in Patients With SubAcromial Pain Syndrome

The Effectiveness of Exercise and Education Type in Patients With SubAcromial Pain Syndrome (SAPS): A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 240 (actual)
• Sponsor: Brooke Army Medical Center · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients seeking care for shoulder pain will be recruited to enroll will be randomized to one of four combined treatment groups; eccentric or traditional strengthening alone and eccentric or traditional strengthening with pain neuroscience education. Patients will be followed for 1 year.

Detailed description

Patients seeking care for their shoulder in a primary care setting will be recruited to participate in a trial investigating the value of different exercise and education regimens. Patients that choose to participate will be randomized to 1 of 4 different treatment groups focused on strengthening of the rotator cuff and shoulder girdle muscles: eccentric strengthening alone; traditional strengthening alone; eccentric strengthening plus education focused on pain neuroscience, traditional strengthening plus education focused on pain neuroscience. All patients will be seen in the clinic for 4-6 sessions over a 4-week period, as well receive a home exercise program that aligns with the exercise group there were randomized to. One-year outcomes will be compared across all 4 groups.

Conditions

• Shoulder Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Eccentric Strengthening	Use of eccentric strengthening exercises in treatment plan during visits and at home.
PROCEDURE	Traditional Strengthening	Use of traditional strengthening exercises in treatment plan during visits and at home.
BEHAVIORAL	Pain education	Addition of pain neuroscience-focused education in addition to strengthening exercise program

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-03-10
• Primary completion: 2022-04-30
• Completion: 2022-04-30
• First posted: 2017-04-25
• Last updated: 2025-07-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States