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NCT Number: NCT05188157

Mirror Therapy for Impingement Syndrome

Background: Mirror therapy is an adjuvant treatment option based on shoulder impingement Syndrome Objective:To investigate the effect of mirror theraphy on shoulder impingement Syndrome Methods: The study included 62 participants, including cases in the intervention group (IG) (± years) and 20 cases in the control group (CG) (years) who met the selection criteria. IG received mirror theraphy with regular physiotherapy while CG received only regular physiotherapy. The patients were evaluated with the before treatment, immediately after treatment (post-treatment).

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Key information

Conditions

Impingement Syndrome Mirror Movements 2

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Kutahya Health Science University

Kütahya, 43000, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Being aged 18-75 years
  • Being diagnosed with shoulder impingement syndrome

Exclusion criteria

  • Being uncooperative
  • Having an additional systemic disease
  • Having uncontrolled hypertension
  • Presence of heart failure
  • Having hearing or vision problems
  • Having a balance disorder
  • Diagnosis of heart disease and lung disease so advanced that exercise is contraindicated
  • History of shoulder surgery
  • Have any pathology that may cause referred pain (eg, cervical radiculopathy)
  • Shoulder trauma, previous humeral fracture history
  • Steroid injection to the shoulder joint or subacromial bursa in the last 6 months

Treatment and study plan

Mirror Therapy

Other

The patients in IG will receive exercise program before mirror theraphy. The patient will continue to do the exercises in front of the mirror for the remaining 20 minutes of the exercise. While doing the exercise with the healthy side in front of the mirror, the patient will try to do the same movement with the shoulder diagnosed with impingement syndrome on the other side of the mirror. The patient will try to do the movement correctly with the reflection in the mirror.

Conventional Physiotherapy

Other

The conventional physiotherapy program included, wand exercises for shoulder abduction, flexion, hyperextension and internal and external rotation, Codman exercises and isometric and resistive exercises of the shoulder girdle. The exercise program is performed under the supervision of an experienced physiotherapist. The isometric exercises will be used during the painful period, and the resistance exercises will be added after the pain began to relieve.under the supervision of a physician in the first 30 minutes of their exercise.

Primary outcomes

  1. goniometer

    Time frame: 10 minutes

    shoulder range of motion and will be measured

  2. Hawkins test

    Time frame: 5 minutes

    impingement tests; forced internal rotation was performed while the arm and elbow were in 90° flexion

  3. Neer test

    Time frame: 5 minutes

    subacromial impingement test

  4. Jobe Test

    Time frame: 5 minutes

    lesions of the infraspinatus muscle

  5. Constant Murley Score

    Time frame: 10 minutes

    functional level of the patients' shoulder joint, higher scores mean a better outcome.

  6. Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale

    Time frame: 10 minutes

    will be used to evaluate kinesiophobia, higher scores mean worse outcome.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Kutahya Health Sciences University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Mirror Therapy is an Adjuvant Treatment Option Based on Shoulder Impingement Syndrome.

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Jan 12, 2022
Registry last updated
Jun 1, 2022

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