Smartphone-based Mobility Assessment and Individualized Exercise Programs for Patients With Frozen Shoulder

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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This study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the smartphone goniometer app to measure shoulder ROM in a modified position for patients with frozen shoulder, and compare the intervention effect and adherence to home exercise between the smartphone and traditional paper hangouts.

Detailed Description
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This study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the smartphone goniometer app to measure shoulder ROM in a modified position for patients with frozen shoulder, and compare the intervention effect and adherence to home exercise between the smartphone and traditional paper hangouts. The outcome measure including shoulder range of motion, pain condition, home exercise adherence and satisfaction of smartphone program

Official Title
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Smartphone-based Mobility Assessment and Individualized Exercise Programs for Patients With Frozen Shoulder

Conditions
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Frozen Shoulder

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Smartphone
* Other: traditional paper hangouts


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: gradual shoulder pain and stiffness at least 4 months loss of active and passive shoulder mobility, shoulder external rotation <45 degree ability to use the smartphone Exclusion Criteria: normal shoulder mobility diagnostic shoulder osteoarthritis nerve pain injection of corticosteroids in 3 months

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 20 Years
Maximum Age: 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: randomized controlled trial
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: traditional paper hangouts group<br>patients use the traditional paper hangouts to conduct the home exercise program at home | Other: traditional paper hangouts<br>* patients with frozen shoulder in the smartphone group will use the paper hangouts to conduct the home exercise program. The content of the paper hangouts were description of the home exercise.<br>|
| Experimental: smartphone group<br>patients use the smartphone to conduct the home exercise program at home | Other: Smartphone<br>* patients with frozen shoulder in the smartphone group will use the smartphone to conduct the home exercise program. The patients will be asked to follow the description to have mobility assessment at least 1 week and do the individualized exercise themselves.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| home exercise adherence | the days patients do the home exercise program | 4 weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| shoulder range of motion | the mobility of shoulder | baseline, 4 weeks | 
| Visual analog scale (VAS) | Ranged form 0 (minimum score) to 10 (Maximum score) ,the higher score represent more painful | baseline, 4 weeks | 
| System usability scale (SUS) | the satisfaction scale of the smartphone program | 4 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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frozen shoulder, smartphone, home exercise program, range of motion