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NCT Number: NCT02735967

The Use of Diadynamic in Association With a Manual Therapy Program for Patients With Impingement Syndrome

The aim of this study will be to evaluate the effects of the use of manual therapy and diadynamic in muscle trigger points in the upper trapezius muscle in individuals diagnosed with shoulder impingement syndrome, unilateral shoulder as functional capacity, pain intensity and pain threshold the pressure.

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Key information

Conditions

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

Age range

18 year–59 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Cid André Fidelis de Paula Gomes

São Paulo, 01415000, Brazil

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • history of anterior lateral and unilateral shoulder pain
  • with more than 3 months duration
  • intensity of at least 4 points on the Numerical Rating Pain Scale
  • positivity in at least 2 of 3 orthopedic tests for impingement syndrome: Neer, Hawkins or Jobe
  • Associated with these characteristics volunteers should submit myofascial trigger points unilateral and active, centrally located in the trapezius muscle descending fibers associated with painful shoulder

Exclusion criteria

  • diagnosis of bilateral impingement syndrome shoulder
  • fibromyalgia
  • muscle injury
  • history of trauma on the shoulder
  • ruptured tendons
  • ligamentous laxity
  • symptoms of numbness and / or tingling in the upper limbs
  • corticosteroid injection use shoulder
  • making use of anti-inflammatory
  • they performed surgery or physical therapy treatment in the last 6 months in the affected shoulder.

Treatment and study plan

Manual therapy

Other

the positional release techniques will be performed while maintaining this position for 90 seconds procedure is repeated 3 times. Then, the therapist performs the ischemic compression technique on the myofascial trigger point, the compression is maintained for 90 seconds by 3 replications.

diadynamic current

Device

Through an electrotherapy device were applied diadynamic in that myofascial trigger point previously marked. 4 minutes from the fixed two-phase mode will be applied (DF), 4 minutes long periods (LP) and 4 minute short periods (CP), the first and second intensely in the sensitive line and the third motor threshold, both supportable according to each patient.

Primary outcomes

  1. shoulder disability

    Time frame: Change from Baseline in the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index at 4 weeks

    questionnaire of quality of life developed to assess pain and associated with specific inability to shoulder disorders.

Secondary outcomes

  1. intensity of pain

    Time frame: Change from Baseline in The Numerical rating pain scale at 4 weeks

    the Numerical rating pain scale, a simple, easily administered scale evaluates

  2. level of pressure pain

    Time frame: change from Baseline in ThePressure Pain Threshold at 4 weeks

    Pressure Pain Threshold in the shoulder with algometer dynamometer.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Nove de Julho

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Use of Diadynamic in Association With a Manual Therapy Program for Patients With Impingement Syndrome: a Randomized Blind Clinical Trial

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Apr 13, 2016
Registry last updated
Jul 20, 2016

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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