CompletedNot Applicable

Scapular Muscle Endurance, Shoulder Pain, and Functionality

46 participantsStarted 2015-12

Plain-language summary

The purpose of this study is to compare scapular muscle endurance (SME), shoulder pain, and functionality of patients with rotator cuff related shoulder pain (RCRSP) with those in the age-gender matched healthy controls and to evaluate the relationship between SME with shoulder pain, and functional impairments in patients with RCRSP.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria: * Positive sign in two or more specific shoulder clinical tests; * The presence of RCRSP in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); * At least 120° flexion, 25° abduction, and 30° external rotation movements of the shoulder; * Being right arm dominant; * No surgical history in the shoulder region. Exclusion criteria: * Patients with shoulder pathology other than RCRSP such as glenohumeral instability (capsular and ligamentous lesions, labral lesions, or bone lesions), bicipital tendon lesions, acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis, glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis, adhesive capsulitis, shoulder or cervical surgery history, * Neurological and systemic inflammatory diseases, * Bilateral shoulder complaints, * Cardiovascular system diseases, * Pregnancy, * Underwent shoulder-related physical therapy within the past three months.

What they're measuring

Scapular muscle endurance

Timeframe: Baseline assessment, no follow-up

Pain intensity

Timeframe: Baseline assessment, no follow-up

Upper Limp Functional Performance

Timeframe: Baseline assessment, no follow-up

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03651401

SponsorGazi University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2017-12

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