NCT06349746

Cervical Unilateral Antero-posterior Mobilization and Thoracic Central Postro-anterior Mobilization in Treatment of Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

The Addition of Cervical Unilateral Antero-posterior Mobilization and Thoracic Central Postro-anterior Mobilization to Selected Therapeutic Exercise Program in Treatment of Shoulder Impingement Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 56 (actual)
• Sponsor: Egyptian Chinese University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 25 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) is a complex, multi-factorial problem that is treated with a variety of different conservative options. The conservative option that has shown effectiveness is manual therapy of the cervical and thoracic spine

Detailed description

This study will be conducted to answer the following question: What is the effect of adding cervical and thoracic mobilization to selected therapeutic exercise Program on pain intensity, Pain-free shoulder flexion and scaption active ROM, muscle strength of external rotator and abductors, shoulder functional status in patients with Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Conditions

• Shoulder Impingement

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	therapeutic exercises	One group received an exercise program that consisted of pain control, ROM, as well as education in scapular control, strengthening of muscles around the shoulder blades, and starting sensory-motor training. The program consisted of all exercises being performed in 3 sets of 15 repetitions. also, scapular stabilizing exercise were added
OTHER	mobilization exercise	cervical unilateral antero-posterior mobilization and thoracic central postro-anterior mobilization

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-04-01
• Primary completion: 2024-07-01
• Completion: 2024-07-26
• First posted: 2024-04-05
• Last updated: 2026-04-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt