Clinical trial NCT03413488: Kinesio Taping Compared to Exercise Intervention for Round Shoulder Subjects With Impingement Syndrome
Official title: Kinesio Taping Compared to Exercise Intervention for Round Shoulder Subjects With Impingement Syndrome
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (SIS); Round Shoulder Posture (RSP)
Keywords: Shoulder impingement syndrome
Kinesio tape
Round shoulder posture
Lead sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-01-29
Enrollment: 40
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 75
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: To compare the effect between the exercise intervention (strengthening exercise and stretching exercise) and exercise intervention with taping on decreasing round shoulder posture and improving symptoms in subjects with shoulder impingement syndrome/round shoulder syndrome.

Detailed description: Background: Poor posture and abnormal scapular kinematics have been suggested as possible primary factors in developing Shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) and also as secondary observed phenomena of SIS. Round shoulder posture (RSP) is major and common posture contributing to increase the potential for subacromial impingement or exaggerate the symptoms of SIS. Objective: To compare the effect between the exercise intervention (strengthening exercise and stretching exercise) and exercise intervention with taping on decreasing RSP and improving symptoms in subjects with SIS/RSP. Methods: Forty subjects with impingement age between 20 and 75 are recruited and measured on acromial distance, pectoralis minor index (PMI), posterior and anterior shoulder tightness, distance of scapular medial border, pain score and flexilevel scale of shoulder function (FLEX-SF). Clinical significance: Shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) have been identified as the majority of reported shoulder complaints. The project will provide an effective intervention for subjects with SIS/RSP.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion criteria:

1. subjects age between 20 and 75
2. Diagnosed with shoulder impingement syndrome
3. At least three positive of five tests, including Neer's test, Hawkin's test, Empty can test, tenderness in tendon of rotator cuff

Exclusion criteria:

1. Shoulder pain onset due to trauma
2. A history of shoulder fractures or dislocation
3. Cervical radiculopathy
4. Degenerative joint disease of the shoulder
5. Surgical interventions on the shoulder
6. Inflammatory arthropathy

Primary outcomes:
measure: Length of the pectoralis minor
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Acromial distance (AD)
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Posterior and anterior shoulder tightness
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Distance of scapular medial border
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Self-reported flexilevel scale of shoulder function (FLEX-SF)
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Pain score
timeFrame: 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Taipei
country: Taiwan
facility: National Taiwan University Hospital
Study officials:
affiliation: National Taiwan University Hospital
name: Jing-Lan Yang
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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