Clinical trial NCT01257113: Supervised Exercise Therapy vs Home Exercises for Patients With Subacromial Impingement
Official title: Is Supervised Exercise Therapy a Better Option Than Home Exercises for Patients With Subacromial Impingement When Looking at Pain and Function?
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
Keywords: shoulder pain
shoulder impingement
rotatorcuff pathology
supervised exercise
homebased exercise
Lead sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2010-12-09
Enrollment: 46
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to determine whether there are any difference between supervised exercise therapy and homebased exercise when looking at pain and function for patients with shoulder pain.

Detailed description: Shoulder pain is common in the population. Various treatment modalities are used. According to the literature, it is equally good results for home exercises and for guided exercise therapy. The purpose of this study is to look at this again and determine whether there are any difference between supervised exercise therapy and homebased exercise when looking at pain and function for patients with subacromial impingement.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Pain in one shoulder
* Had the condition for more than 12 weeks
* Pain at abduction (must be present in some part between 60 and 120 degrees)
* Pain/ weakness in isometric external rotation
* Positive Hawkins test

Exclusion Criteria:

* Instability
* Labral pathology
* Acromioclavicular joint (AC-joint) pathology
* Complete rupture in the rotatorcuff
* Glenohumeral osteoarthritis
* Previously operated on current shoulder
* The pain comes from neck pathology
* Rheumatoid arthritis or other serious physical or mental illness
* Lack of Norwegian language
* Unable to start

Primary outcomes:
measure: Pain and function 1
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Pain and function 2
timeFrame: At 6 weeks
measure: Pain and function 3
timeFrame: At 6 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Fear avoidance 1
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Fear avoidance 2
timeFrame: At 6 weeks
measure: Quality of life 1
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Quality of life 2
timeFrame: At 6 weeks
measure: Pain the last week
timeFrame: Baseline and once a week for 6 weeks
measure: Active range of motion 1
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Active range of motion 2
timeFrame: At 6 weeks
measure: Impingement tests 1
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Impingement tests 2
timeFrame: At 6 weeks
measure: Work status 1
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Work status 2
timeFrame: At 6 weeks
measure: Work status 3
timeFrame: At 6 months
measure: Patient satisfaction
timeFrame: At 6 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Trondheim
country: Norway
facility: Tverrfaglig Poliklinikk, rygg-nakke-skulder. Fys.Med. og rehab., St.Olavs Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
name: Ottar Vasseljen, Dr.Philos
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Granviken F, Vasseljen O. Home exercises and supervised exercises are similarly effective for people with subacromial impingement: a randomised trial. J Physiother. 2015 Jul;61(3):135-41. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2015.05.014. Epub 2015 Jun 18.