Exercise into pain in chronic rotator cuff related shoulder pain: a prospective single-group feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study evaluated the feasibility of exercising into pain in rotator cuff related shoulder pain (RCRSP), data collection procedures, feedback from physiotherapists and patients, and clinically important changes in patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).

Design

Unblinded non-randomised single-group study.

Setting

Physiotherapy clinic in Belgium.

Participants

Twelve patients with unilateral RCRSP for minimum 3 months, aged 18-65 years.

Interventions

Twelve weeks of four individualised exercises, with nine physiotherapist-led sessions with pain ratings 4-7 out of 10 on a verbal Numeric Pain Rating Scale for 9 weeks and then pain ratings 0-2 for 3 weeks. Every physiotherapy session included 15 min of manual therapy. Non-supervised exercises

SUBMITTER: Cavaggion C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10565173 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature