NCT07005856

The Immediate Effects of Soft Tissue Mobilization on Posterior Shoulder Tightness in Overhead Athletes With Subacromial Pain Syndrome

The Immediate Effects of Soft Tissue Mobilization on Shoulder Mobility, Pain, Scapular Kinematics and Muscle Activation and Muscle Stiffness in Symptomatic Overhead Athletes With Posterior Shoulder Tightness

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 54 (actual)
• Sponsor: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the immediate effects of soft tissue mobilization on shoulder mobility, pain, scapular kinematics and muscle activation and muscle Stiffness in symptomatic overhead athletes with posterior shoulder tightness.

Conditions

• Posterior Shoulder Tightness
• Subacromial Impingement Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Soft tissue mobilization	Soft tissue mobilization: mobilization participants' soft tissue by using hands
OTHER	Stretching	Stretching: help patients do the movement that they're limited to stretch their soft tissue
OTHER	Hot pack	Add an hot pack on participants' shoulder

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-15
• Primary completion: 2025-01-15
• Completion: 2025-01-15
• First posted: 2025-06-05
• Last updated: 2025-06-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan