Effectiveness of Pilates Exercise in Patients With Subacromial Impingement Syndrome

Exclusion criteria

• ✕. History of any surgical procedure to the affected upper extremity (Heron et al., 2017 and).
• ✕. History of trauma, fracture, instability and shoulder dislocation to the shoulder in less than 12 weeks previously (EDA et al., 2016).
• ✕. History of presence of cervical symptoms (neck pain, numbness or tingling in the upper extremity) (Heron et al., 2017).
• ✕. History of corticosteroid injection in the shoulder region in the last 6 months (Turgut et al., 2017).
• ✕. None- cooperative participants or cognitive impairment (a communication problem) (EDA et al., 2016).
• ✕. History of any systemic illness, reflex sympathetic dystrophy and related syndromes e.g. rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, diagnosed by physician (Heron et al., 2017 and Turgut et al., 2017).
• ✕. Passive limitation of range of movement, stiff shoulder and less than 90 active elevation (Heron et al., 2017 and EDA et al., 2016).
• ✕. Evidence of complete rotator cuff tear (positive drop arm test) (Heron et al., 2017).