NCT06520254

The Effectiveness of Massage Therapy in Patients With Shoulder Pain

The Effectiveness of Massage in Pain Reduction and Its Influence on the Range of Motion (ROM) of the Shoulder Complex in Patients With Shoulder Pain in Primary Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of massage in pain reduction and its influence on the range of motion of the shoulder complex in SP. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Does normalizing tissue tension through massage therapy in the intercostal nerve entrapment mechanism reduce pain in the shoulder area? 2. Does normalizing tissue tension through massage therapy in the intercostal nerve entrapment mechanism increase the range of motion of the shoulder complex? Researchers will compare a dedicated massage protocol to a control group to see if the massage protocol works to treat shoulder pain. Participants in the massage group will: Take part in 6 massage sessions (twice a week for 3 weeks) in the Participants in the control group will: Take part in 2 massage sessions (after the first and second assessment)

Detailed description

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of massage therapy based on tensegrity principle in pain reduction and its influence on the range of motion of the shoulder complex in shoulder pain. . Eesearch questions: 1. Does the normalization of the tension of the tissues involved in the intercostal nerve entrapment mechanism reduce pain in the shoulder area? 2. Does the normalization of the tension of the tissues involved in the intercostal nerve entrapment mechanism increase the range of motion of the shoulder complex? 3. Does the intercostal nerve entrapment affect the pressure sensitivity of the muscles including the shoulder complex?89 4. What potential mechanisms may be induced by tensegrity massage in diseases of the shoulder complex? Patients with symptoms of shoulder pain will be recruited for the study by general practitioners. The following parameters related to the function of shoulder will be assessed: 1. The active range of flexion, abduction and extension-adduction-rotation (hand behind back) of the upper limb were assessed. 2. Pain sensations by the visual analogue scale-VAS 3. The functional status of the shoulder complex by the UCLA scale (The University of California at Los Angeles Shoulder Score). 4. Pain treshold by an algometer, the pressure The study will rely on the palpation assessment and the massage methodology described in the recommendations of the Polish Society of Physiotherapy, Polish Society of Family Medicine and College of Family Physicians in Poland.

Conditions

• Shoulder Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Massage therapy	A 30-minute massage session will be applied in the following structures: * Flexor hallucis longus muscle, * Flexor digitorum longus muscle, * Tibialis posterior muscle, * Semitendinosus muscle, * Semimembranosus muscle, * Gluteus maximus muscle, * Longissimus muscle, * Levator costarum muscles 1-5 During the massage session basic Swedish massage techniques were used.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-09-01
• Primary completion: 2020-01-30
• Completion: 2020-03-20
• First posted: 2024-07-25
• Last updated: 2024-07-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Poland