Functional Massage of Teres Major Muscle

NCT02374073 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: P13/082
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 58
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Purpose: Subacromial impingement syndrome is the most common shoulder condition. Myofascial trigger points in teres major muscle can be associated with this syndrome. The investigators objective is to find out if adding manual therapy specifically for teres major trigger points can produce better results in these patients. Method: A randomized controlled pilot study was carried out. Fifty people were randomly assigned to one of two groups: intervention group or control group. Both groups received a protocolized physical therapy treatment while the intervention group additionally received manual therapy for teres major trigger points.

Conditions

Subacromial Impingement Syndrome; Trigger Points

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Pain Intensity (visual analogue scale)

  Using a Visual analogue scale

  Change from baseline to 3 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Change in Function (Abbreviated Constant-Murley score)

  Change from baseline to 3 weeks

• Change in Active Range of Motion

  Change from baseline to 3 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Intervention group

EXPERIMENTAL

Treated with protocolized physiotherapy and functional massage

Other: Functional Massage; Other: Protocolized physiotherapy

Control group

EXPERIMENTAL

Treated with protocolized physiotherapy

Other: Protocolized physiotherapy

Interventions

Functional Massage OTHER

The functional massage is a manual therapy technique, indicated in cases of painful muscle tightness that combines a rhythmical and non painful passive joint mobilization in the direction of muscle stretching together with compression/decompression of the muscle to be treated.

Intervention group

Protocolized physiotherapy OTHER

therapeutic exercises, analgesic electrotherapy and cryotherapy

Control group; Intervention group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age 18 years and over
• Clinical diagnosis of Subacromial Impingement Syndrome.
• Detectable trigger points in teres major muscle.
• Sign informed consent form.

You may not qualify if:

• Presence of wounds or cutaneous alterations in the shoulder region
• Previous surgery in the shoulder
• Presence of acute inflammatory process in the shoulder (\< 7 days),
• Being involved in litigation or compensation processes
• Not having a domain of the language that could make the informed consent not understandable.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Joint Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Shoulder Injuries; Wounds and Injuries

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 12, 2015
• First Posted: February 27, 2015
• Study Start: January 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2014
• Study Completion: March 1, 2014
• Last Updated: February 27, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-02