Adherence to self-managed exercises for patients with persistent subacromial pain: the Ad-Shoulder feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exercise is recommended for patients with subacromial pain. It has been suggested that good exercise adherence improves clinical outcomes. Despite this, little attention has been paid to the need for behavioural frameworks to enhance adherence to home exercise programmes for patients with subacromial pain.

Methods

A feasibility study with pre-post design was used. Participants aged > 18 years, with subacromial pain, who had received conservative treatment during the past 6 months, were recruited. The Ad-Shoulder intervention consisted of 1-5 individual sessions provided over 3 months and was based on 5 self-management skills, which aimed to enhance the patients' self-efficacy and adherence to self-managed exercises. The primary objectives were assessed according t

SUBMITTER: Major DH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7831168 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature