Mirror Therapy for Impingement Syndrome

Kutahya Health Sciences University62 enrolled

Overview

Background: Mirror therapy is an adjuvant treatment option based on shoulder impingement Syndrome Objective:To investigate the effect of mirror theraphy on shoulder impingement Syndrome Methods: The study included 62 participants, including cases in the intervention group (IG) (± years) and 20 cases in the control group (CG) (years) who met the selection criteria. IG received mirror theraphy with regular physiotherapy while CG received only regular physiotherapy. The patients were evaluated with the before treatment, immediately after treatment (post-treatment).

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Impingement Syndrome Mirror Movements 2

Interventions

mirror therapyOTHER

The patients in IG will receive exercise program before mirror theraphy. The patient will continue to do the exercises in front of the mirror for the remaining 20 minutes of the exercise. While doing the exercise with the healthy side in front of the mirror, the patient will try to do the same movement with the shoulder diagnosed with impingement syndrome on the other side of the mirror. The patient will try to do the movement correctly with the reflection in the mirror.

conventional physiotherapyOTHER

The conventional physiotherapy program included, wand exercises for shoulder abduction, flexion, hyperextension and internal and external rotation, Codman exercises and isometric and resistive exercises of the shoulder girdle. The exercise program is performed under the supervision of an experienced physiotherapist. The isometric exercises will be used during the painful period, and the resistance exercises will be added after the pain began to relieve.under the supervision of a physician in the first 30 minutes of their exercise.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 75 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Being aged 18-75 years * Being diagnosed with shoulder impingement syndrome Exclusion Criteria: * Being uncooperative * Having an additional systemic disease * Having uncontrolled hypertension * Presence of heart failure * Having hearing or vision problems * Having a balance disorder * Diagnosis of heart disease and lung disease so advanced that exercise is contraindicated * History of shoulder surgery * Have any pathology that may cause referred pain (eg, cervical radiculopathy) * Shoulder trauma, previous humeral fracture history * Steroid injection to the shoulder joint or subacromial bursa in the last 6 months

Locations (1)

Kutahya Health Science University

Kütahya, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

goniometer

shoulder range of motion and will be measured

Time frame: 10 minutes

Hawkins test

impingement tests; forced internal rotation was performed while the arm and elbow were in 90° flexion

Time frame: 5 minutes

Neer test

subacromial impingement test

Time frame: 5 minutes

Jobe Test

lesions of the infraspinatus muscle

Time frame: 5 minutes

Constant Murley Score

functional level of the patients' shoulder joint, higher scores mean a better outcome.

Time frame: 10 minutes

Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale

will be used to evaluate kinesiophobia, higher scores mean worse outcome.

Time frame: 10 minutes

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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