The Global Shoulder Concept (GSC) Method Versus Classic Physical Therapy for Shoulder Tendinitis

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes40 enrolled

Overview

The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate the superiority of the CGE physical therapy protocol versus a standard physical therapy protocol of the shoulder by measuring the following after 1 month of physical therapy: the FI2S score including validated measures of pain, glenohumeral joint range of motion in the three planes, the ability to perform certain everyday activities and the strength of forward elevation measured with a dynamometer.

Secondary objectives: * To study the evolution of passive glenohumeral range of motion * To study the evolution of the global range of passive and active motion for each method used * To evaluate functional recovery (DASH) * To evaluate the impact on quality of life (SF36) * To study the difference in visual analog scale scores for pain during physical therapy sessions * Compare the two methods/groups after three months.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Shoulder Tendinopathy

Interventions

GSC physical therapyPROCEDURE

Global Shoulder Concept physical therapy sequence for shoulder tendonitis. The procedures used in this protocol refer to physical therapy sequences, not to devices or drugs.

Standard physical therapyPROCEDURE

Standard physical therapy sequence for shoulder tendonitis. The procedures used in this protocol refer to physical therapy sequences, not to devices or drugs.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * The patient must have given his/her informed and signed consent * The patient must be insured or beneficiary of a health insurance plan * painful, chronic tendinopathy (more than 3 months) of the rotator cuff, confirmed by MRI Exclusion Criteria: * The patient is pregnant or breastfeeding * Any emergency situation * Non-mechanical tendinopathies (metabolic, neurological, capsulitis, reflex sympathetic dystrophy) and tendon surgery (tendon surgery and acromioplasty)

Locations (2)

CHU de Montpellier - Hôpital Lapeyronie

Montpellier, France

CHU de Nîmes - Hôpital Universitaire Carémeau

Nîmes, France

Outcomes