In many instances , no or minimal attempts to screen were undertaken or reported .
Background Subacromial shoulder pain is a common clinical presentation with much diagnostic uncertainty .
Some of this uncertainty relates to the involvement of the cervical spine as a source or contribution to subacromial shoulder pain .
Currently , there is no accepted method of screening of the cervical spine in the presence of subacromial shoulder pain , which risks patients receiving misguided and /or ineffective interventions .
Objective To evaluate approaches used to screen the cervical spine in patients with subacromial shoulder pain .
The clinical and sonographic effects of kinesiotaping and exercise in comparison with manual therapy and exercise for patients with subacromial impingement syndrome: a preliminary trial.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of manual therapy with exercise to kinesiotaping with exercise for patients with subacromial impingement syndrome . METHODS R and omized clinical before and after trial was used . Fifty-four patients diagnosed as having subacromial impingement syndrome who were referred for outpatient treatment were included . Eligible patients ( between 30 and 60 years old , with unilateral shoulder pain ) were r and omly allocated to 2 study groups : kinesiotaping with exercise ( n = 28 ) or manual therapy with exercise ( n = 26 ) . In addition , patients were advised to use cold packs 5 times per day to control for pain . Visual analog scale for pain , Disability of Arm and Shoulder Question naire for function , and diagnostic ultrasound assessment for supraspinatus tendon thickness were used as main outcome measures . Assessment s were applied at the baseline and after completing 6 weeks of related interventions . RESULTS At the baseline , there was no difference between the 2 group characteristics ( P > .05 ) . There were significant differences in both groups before and after treatment in terms of pain decrease and improvement of Disability of Arm and Shoulder Question naire scores ( P < .05 ) . No difference was observed on ultrasound for tendon thickness after treatment in both groups ( P > .05 ) . The only difference between the groups was at night pain , result ing in favor of the kinesiotaping with exercise group ( P < .05 ) . CONCLUSION For the group of subjects studied , no differences were found between kinesiotaping with exercise and manual therapy with exercise . Both treatments may have similar results in reducing pain and disability in subacromial impingement in 6 weeks
In many instances , no or minimal attempts to screen were undertaken or reported .
Background Subacromial shoulder pain is a common clinical presentation with much diagnostic uncertainty .
Some of this uncertainty relates to the involvement of the cervical spine as a source or contribution to subacromial shoulder pain .
Currently , there is no accepted method of screening of the cervical spine in the presence of subacromial shoulder pain , which risks patients receiving misguided and /or ineffective interventions .
Objective To evaluate approaches used to screen the cervical spine in patients with subacromial shoulder pain .