Chronic Shoulder Pain Treated by Pressures With the Thumbs on the Trigger Points

Guy Hains Chiropractor59 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to find the efficacy of treating the trigger points located around the shoulder in patients suffering from chronic shoulder pain.

Chronic shoulder pain is a common condition which should be treated by surgery only wen conservative approaches have been tried. in the present trial the authors intend to find the effectiveness of treating the triggers points located in muscles, ligaments and tendons surrounding the shoulderin patients suffering from chronic shoulder pain. The technique used in this trial is ischemic compression(thumb tip pressure) on the trigger points

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Shoulder Pain

Interventions

ischemic compressionPROCEDURE

Active Comparator, ischemic compression, 3 times a week,5 weeks

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 30 YearsMax age: 60 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 30 to 60 years old. * To have suffered from shoulder pain on a daly basis for at least 3 months * Participants had to be able to raise the arm above ther head. * They had accept to receive 15 chiropractic treatments without charge. Exclusion Criteria: * Past surgery to the arm. * Injection to the shoulder in the month preceding the trial. * A diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis or any other systemic disorders affecting the joints. * Shoulder pain from an herniated disc.

Locations (1)

2930 Cote Richelieu

Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Shoulder Pain and Disability Index questionnaire

Time frame: At baseline, after 15 treatments ,30 days aftr the treatments and 6 months later

Secondary Outcomes

Pain visual analog scale

Time frame: After 15 treatments, 30 days after the treatments and 6 months later.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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