The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to investigate the effects of pain neuroscience education added to exercise on pain intensity, disability, pain threshold, pain catastrophizing, pain beliefs, pain knowledge, and quality of life in rotator cuff related shoulder pain.
Who can participate
Age range40 Years – 65 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Being aged between 40 and 65 years
* Presence of shoulder pain for at least 3 months
* At least one positive finding in each of the following categories; 1) Painful arc finding during flexion or abduction, 2) Positive Neer's or Kennedy-Hawkins Tests, 3) Pain with resisted external rotation, abduction or empty can test
* Pain level of at least 3 and at most 7 according to Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at rest
* Being literate
Exclusion Criteria:
* Systemic inflammatory shoulder pain
* Having had a shoulder dislocation or fracture in the last 12 months
* Having had a shoulder surgery
* Having received physiotherapy or corticosteroid injection treatment for the shoulder in the last 3 months
* Presence of adhesive capsulitis (passive shoulder ROM \<50%)
* Presence of vision and hearing problems
* Having been diagnosed a disease that may cause neurological-cognitive changes and prevents understanding the content of the ANE program
What they're measuring
1
Pain Intensity
Timeframe: At the baseline and end of 6-week intervention
2
Disability
Timeframe: At the baseline and end of 6-week intervention