Clinical Trial: Study of Neurocognitive Therapeutic Exercise in the Shoulder Impingement Syndrome in Comparison With Traditional Therapeutic Exercise

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Neurocognitive Therapeutic Exercise in Pain Control and Functional Recovery of the Shoulder Impingement Syndrome in Comparison With Trad

Brief Summary: It is a single-blind randomized controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of neurocognitive therapeutic exercise in subjects affected by shoulder impingement syndrome in comparison with traditional therapeutic exercise. The traditional exercise protocol contains mainly strengthening exercises, stretching exercises, Codman's pendulum exercises and exercises against elastic band resistance. The neurocognitive exercise protocol contains ten exercises involving specific instruments (e.g., table inclined with a board with five concentric circles, sponges of various texture). Each subject, randomly assigned to either neurocognitive therapeutic exercise (group 1) or traditional therapeutic exercise (group 2), will be submitted to one-hour session for three times a week for five weeks. The outcome measures used will be the Quick-DASH questionnaire, the Constant-Murley shoulder outcome score, the ASES score, a visual analogic scale (VAS) and the assessment will be performed at baseline (T0), at the end of treatment protocol (T1), at 3 months (T2) and 6 months (T3) from the end of treatment.

Detailed Summary:
Sponsor: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Current Primary Outcome: changing of the Quick-DASH, the short form of the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire [ Time Frame: baseline (T0), five weeks (T1), three months (T2), six months (T3) ]

Assessment of changing of the physical ability and symptoms of the upper extremity


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • changing of the Constant-Murley shoulder outcome score [ Time Frame: baseline (T0), five weeks (T1), three months (T2), six months (T3) ]
    assessment of changing in shoulder range of motion, pain and strength
  • changing of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) Society standardized shoulder assessment form (ASES) score [ Time Frame: baseline (T0), five weeks (T1), three months (T2), six months (T3) ]
    Assessment of changing of the physical ability on daily-living tasks
  • changing of the visual analogic scale (VAS) [ Time Frame: baseline (T0), five weeks (T1), three months (T2), six months (T3) ]
    assessment of changing of shoulder Pain at rest
  • changing of the visual analogic scale (VAS) [ Time Frame: baseline (T0), five weeks (T1), three months (T2), six months (T3) ]
    assessment of changing of shoulder Pain during movements
  • changing of the Likert score [ Time Frame: baseline (T0), five weeks (T1), three months (T2), six months (T3) ]
    assessment of changing in participant satisfaction


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Dates:
Date Received: February 1, 2013
Date Started: July 2012
Date Completion:
Last Updated: February 5, 2013
Last Verified: February 2013