Active clinical trials for "Shoulder Pain"

Objectives: The aims are to 1) evaluate the clinical impact of eccentric training in female computer users with chronic NSP, 2) compare pressure hyperalgesia, temporal summation of pain (TSP), and conditioned pain modulation (CPM) in female office workers with and without NSP, and 3) assess changes in central pain responses after training. Methods: In part A, twenty office workers with NSP will be compared with 20 healthy controls. In part B, the NSP group will undergo a 5-week eccentric training program. Participants will report their pain intensity, and complete the Neck Disability Index, and the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand questionnaire. Pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) will be assessed over the neck and forearm. Cuff algometry will identify pain detection (PDT) and tolerance thresholds (PTT). TSP will be evaluated by visual analogue scale pain scores during 10 repetitive cuff stimulations. CPM will be calculated as the difference in PDT with and without a conditioning painful stimulus. Outcomes will be measured at baseline and post-intervention.

A convenience sample of subjects with RCRSP recruited through announcements at the Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla will be treated with an exercise program with sham or real manual therapy for 5 weeks. The hypothesis of the present study is that the addition of manual therapy to a therapeutic exercise program produces better benefits in comparison to the same exercise program with sham manual therapy procedures in the management of patients with RCRSP.

Research objective to compare outcomes (shoulder pain score, wound pain score, post-operative residual pneumoperitoneum, lung complication, GI discomfort, administered additional analgesics, time to hospital staying) of using Pulmonary Recruitment maneuver with pressure 30 cmH2O, 40 cm H2O and control group in women with post laparoscopic gynecologic surgery in Rajavithi hospital.

The physical demands of surgery are in many ways similar to those of high-performance athletes. No professional athlete would consider performing without careful attention to strengthening and physical preparedness, yet surgeons routinely place rigorous demands on their bodies without any training plan specific to their work demands. A series of exercises were developed to help stretch and strengthen the key core muscles to support surgeons during operating to prevent neck pain. This study hypothesizes that Neck pain discomfort will decrease following an 8-week intervention program compared to baseline reported scores.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a specific strengthening program for the stabilizing scapular muscle can reduce shoulder pain of amateur kayaker.

This is a double-blinded study of subacromial corticosteroid injection (steroid injection to the shoulder) to treat shoulder pain in the paralyzed (hemiplegic) shoulder of chronic stroke survivors. This study is designed to evaluate pain relief of a standard steroid injection treatment, compared to a high dose treatment and a low dose treatment, for shoulder pain in stroke survivors. A total of 105 chronic stroke survivors with moderate to severe shoulder pain will be enrolled. All eligible participants will undergo an initial test injection to localize pain to the subacromial space. If this turns out to be positive, the subjects will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: low dose group which receives 20mg of steroid (triamcinolone) injection to the subacromial space of the affected shoulder; standard dose group which receives a standard 40mg of steroid (triamcinolone) injection to the subacromial space of the affected shoulder; or high dose group which receives 60mg of steroid (triamcinolone) injection to the subacromial space of the affected shoulder. Study participants will all rate their pain in interviews (Baseline, weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 12 (7 times) and in laboratory-based measures that will be administered at baseline, weeks 4, 8, 12 (4 times). Subjects will be followed for a total of 13 weeks. The study will thus characterize the dose response of triamcinolone for the treatment of hemiplegic shoulder pain.

The investigators seek to develop a clinical prediction rule (CPR) to identify patients with a primary complaint of shoulder pain who are likely to benefit from manual therapy to the neck and upper back regions. Manual therapy will include mobilizations (therapist moves the joints in an oscillating fashion) and manipulations (therapist performs a high velocity low amplitude movement) The investigators hypothesize that a cluster of signs and symptoms from the subject history and physical examination will exist that maximize the accuracy of identifying patients with a primary complaint of shoulder pain likely to benefit from this manual therapy treatment based on a reference standard of patient-reported improvement. The investigators also seek to investigate the psychometric properties (how good a test is), including test retest reliability of a modified version of the Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ) and the shortened Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK-11) in patients with shoulder pain. The investigators will also look at the convergent validity (determine if measures that should be related are in reality related) and discriminant validity (show that measures that should not be related are in reality not related) of the modified FABQ and the TSK-11 in patients with shoulder pain.

The temporary diaphrgmatic dysfunction will occur after stellate ganglion block(SGB) and will be easily detected by M-mode ultrasonography

Several factors associated with the hemiplegic shoulder pain after stroke includes rotator cuff injury, bicipital tendonitis, impingement, spasticity, limited external rotation of shoulder joint, adhesive capsulitis, shoulder subluxation, shoulder hand syndrome, and brachial/axillary neuropathy. In this study, the investigators aim to usie high frequency ultrasound to evaluate the relationship between stroke patients with poor shoulder motor function and shoulder tendon injury. Also, assumed that performing passive range of motion and positioning training might prevent tendon injury of shoulder and hemiplegic shoulder pain in either acute or chronic stage of stroke.

The plan " Quantitative analysis of different acupuncture needle manipulation to treat chronic shoulder pain "includes an objective observation of acupuncture operation (movement in the form of acupuncture needles, intensity, etc.) and the body (acupoints) reactions. Patients during 20-55 years old suffered shoulder pain more than six weeks with numerical rating scale (NRS) pain intensity more than 5 points, and the previous month were not taking medicine or Western medicine were included. Then use of distal acupoints GB34 and GB39, giving once acupuncture manipulation therapy.