NCT05695820

Effects of Low- Load Strengthening Using Different Exercises Modes During Blood Flow Restriction for Treating Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cairo University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Purpose of the study: This study compares effects of isometric, concentric and eccentric exercises for shoulder muscles by using low load blood flow restriction training on pain, strength and function in patients with SIS.

Detailed description

This study will be conducted at El hadra university hospital, Alexandria, Egypt. Study Design: Randomized Parallel Groups Clinical Trial. Participants: Sixty patients of both genders with unilateral shoulder impingement syndrome, with age range from 30-40 years will be randomly assigned to 1 of 3 groups. All patients will be referred by the orthopedic surgeon who will diagnose shoulder impingement syndrome based on clinical and radiological examination. Group 1: twenty patients will receive concentric training of rotator cuff muscles while applying blood flow restriction for 4 weeks. Group 2: twenty patients will receive eccentric training of rotator cuff muscles while applying blood flow restriction for 4 weeks. Group 3: twenty patients will receive isometric training of rotator cuff muscles while applying blood flow restriction for 4 weeks. The assessment for all groups will be done at baseline and after 4 weeks.

Conditions

• Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Blood Flow Restriction training	It is a method that involves reducing blood flow to a muscle by the application of an external constricting device, such as a blood pressure cuff or tourniquet, to provide mechanical compression of the underlying blood vessels. BFR is applied aiming to enhance blood pooling in the capillary beds of the limb muscles distal to the tourniquet

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-02-13
• Primary completion: 2024-02-28
• Completion: 2024-02-28
• First posted: 2023-01-25
• Last updated: 2025-02-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt