Efficacy of Pulse Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF) in Patients With Subacromial Impingement Syndrome
Shoulder Pain, Musculoskeletal Diseases, Subacromial Impingement Syndrome
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Shoulder Pain focused on measuring Pulse Electromagnetic Field Therapy, Subacromial Impingement Syndrome, Shoulder Pain
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Shoulder pain for at least 6 weeks in the 30-65 age range
- Positivity of shoulder impingement tests on examination(Neer test, Hawkins Kennedy test)
- Findings related to subacromial impingement syndrome in MRI
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy
- Inflammatory rheumatologic diseases
- Malignity
- Having received physical therapy and rehabilitation for the shoulder area in the last 3 months
- Local injection therapy to the shoulder area in the last 6 months
- History of trauma, history of surgery, history of fracture in the aching shoulder region in the last 6 months
- Adhesive capsulitis, calcification findings in the rotator cuff tendons exceeding 2 cm, findings of full-thickness total rotator cuff rupture in magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, presence of osteoarthritis findings and labral pathologies in imaging of the acromioclavicular joint or glenohumeral joint, presence of benign malignant lesions
- cervical radiculopathy
- Cervical myofascial pain syndrome
- cardiac pacemaker
- bleeding diathesis
- Body implant with electronic or battery system
- Acute infections
- tuberculosis
Sites / Locations
- Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Sham Comparator
PEMF+exercise
Sham PEMF+exercise
A total of 20 sessions of pulse electromagnetic field therapy using an electromagnetic field device (ASA Pmt Quatro Pro, ASA Srl Via A.Volta 9-36057, Italia), five times a week and once a day for four weeks, were applied to the patients. The patients were then given a daily exercise program once a day by a physiotherapist.
Sham therapy was applied in five sessions a week for four weeks, with a total of 20 sessions, with no current flowing through the device. This was followed by the exercise programs described above, performed once a day with the physiotherapist.