objectives: the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of 4-weeks rehabilitation, electrotherapy and kinesiotherapy programs on range of motion shoulder pain in men with idiopathic frozen shoulder. methods & materials: this was a semi experimental study on 18 patient (means±sd age 56.4±6.7 year, height 175.1±5.3 cm, weight 73.1±7.5 kg, history patient 9.2±5.1 month) who referred to...

OBJECTIVE Identify predictor variables and models for clinical outcomes for primary care shoulder pain patients to 12 months follow-up. DESIGN A non-randomized audit with measures of pain and disability at 3 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 months. PATIENTS Of 208 patients, 161 agreed to participate with 96.9, 98.1, 87.0 and 83.9% follow-up at 3 weeks, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively. Treatment consisted...

Introduction: Adhesive capsulitis ("frozen shoulder") is characterized by pain and a progressive loss of active passive range shoulder movement. In physiotherapy, several resources are being used to treat it. However, high-quality randomized controlled trials systematic reviews have supported the effectiveness joint mobilization. Objective: To evaluate effects mobilizations in treatment patient...

Purpose: The aim of this study is to appreciate the soft tissue mobilization applied on subscapularis intended increase shoulder range motion, function and decrease pain will produce improvement pathology. Methods: Patients with 48 limitation were included in study. They divided into (STM) group conventional physiotherapy programme (CPP) randomly. All patients got treatment at clinic, including...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of pain exposure physical therapy (PEPT) with conventional treatment in patients with complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS-1) in a randomised controlled trial with a blinded assessor. SETTING The study was conducted at a level 1 trauma centre in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS 56 adult patients with CRPS-1 participated. Three patients were lost to...

objectives: altered movement strategy and postural control has been observed in low back pain (lbp) patients. objective of this study was to determine postural response following support surface translation, also correlations between postural response related measures and disability caused by lbp. methods: 20 healthy subjects and 20 patients with recurrent non specific lbp participated in this ...

BACKGROUND Shoulder pain is common with rotator cuff disease as the most frequently used clinical diagnosis. There is a wide range of treatment options for this condition, but limited evidence to guide patients and clinicians in the choice of treatment strategy. The purpose of this study was to investigate possible prognostic factors of short-term outcome after corticosteroid injection for rota...

BACKGROUND Corns are a common foot problem affecting a large proportion of the population. This study describes the characteristics of corns experienced by 201 participants taking part in a randomised controlled trial to investigate associations between demographic and corn parameters on pain, foot related disability and quality of life (QoL). METHODS Pain from the main (index) corn was measu...