Exercises Associated or Not With Manual Therapy Shoulder Impingement

Inclusion Criteria: * history of non-traumatic onset of shoulder pain; * painful arc during active elevation of the arm; * one or more positive shoulder impingement tests (Neer, Hawkins and Jobe), or pain during passive or resisted external rotation of the arm at 90° of abduction; * pain with palpation of the rotator cuff tendons; * all subjects need also to be able to reach 150° of arm elevation as evaluated by visual observation. Exclusion Criteria: * limitation of glenohumeral internal and external rotation as indicative of adhesive capsulitis; * body mass index \> 28kg/m2 as the amount of subcutaneous tissue can compromise the quality of the signal increasing soft tissue artifact; * numbness or tingling of the upper limb reproduced by cervical compression test; * history of clavicle, scapula or humerus fracture; * history of rotator cuff surgery; * systemic illnesses; * positive sulcus or apprehension tests as indicative of instability; * positive drop arm test as indicative of full thickness tear; * corticosteroid injection within 3 months prior to intervention, or physiotherapy within 6 months prior to intervention; * depressive symptoms as evaluated by the Beck Depression Inventory score ( \> 9 points) due to its influence on myofascial pain; * allergy to tape.