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NCT Number: NCT05950880

Effect of High Intensity Exercises in Treatment of Patients With Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Purposes of the study

To investigate the effect of adding High-Intensity Exercises to conventional physical therapy in patients with Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

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Key information

Conditions

Shoulder Impingement Syndrome Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Shoulder Injuries Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year–35 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

facult of physical therapy,MTI

Cairo, Egypt

About this study

Patients will be randomized into either High-intensity shoulder exercise group or Conventional physical therapy group. Patients will receive the intervention for six weeks. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline and post-intervention.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Athletic patients
  • Age of the patients between 18 - 35 years
  • Unilateral shoulder pain more than 3 months.
  • Positive Hawkins test.
  • Positive empty or full cane test.
  • Pain at night or incapable of lying on the shoulder.
  • Pain with active shoulder elevation in the scapular plane.
  • History of pain in the C5-C6 dermatome.
  • Pain with palpation of the rotator cuff tendons.
  • The patient had pain with resisted isometric abduction

Exclusion criteria

  • History of shoulder instability (positive Sulcus sign, positive apprehension test, and history of shoulder dislocation).
  • Clinical sign of cervical radiculopathy.
  • History of acromio -clavicular pain.
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis.
  • Adhesive capsulitis.
  • Tumors
  • Labrum lesions
  • Capsular or ligamentous tears or avulsions
  • Cartilage lesions

Treatment and study plan

High intensity shoulder exercise

Other

Exercises that target the rotator cuff muscles using 90% of one repetition maximum only for 5 repetitions

Conventional physical therapy

Other

Conventional physical therapy consisting of scapular stabilization exercises, posterior capsule stretch, and rotator cuff activation exercises

Primary outcomes

  1. pain and function

    Time frame: Change from Baseline pain and function at 6 weaks

    Shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI)

  2. Supraspinatus muscle thickness

    Time frame: Change from Baseline Supraspinatus muscle thickness at 6 weaks

    Diagnostic Ultrasound

Secondary outcomes

  1. Sub acromial space (Acromiohumeral distance).

    Time frame: Change from Baseline Sub acromial space at 6 weaks

    Diagnostic Ultrasound

  2. External and internal rotators muscle strength.

    Time frame: Change from Baseline External and internal rotators muscle strength at 6 weaks

    Hand-held dynamometer

  3. supuraspinatus muscle strength

    Time frame: Change from Baseline supuraspinatus muscle strength at 6 weaks

    Hand-held dynamometer

  4. shoulder performance

    Time frame: Change from Baseline shoulder performance at 6 weaks

    Timed push up test

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Cairo University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Effect of Adding High Intensity Exercises to Conventional Physical Therapy in Treatment of Athlete Patients With Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Jul 18, 2023
Registry last updated
Apr 1, 2024

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