ABSTRACT
Objective:To study the curative efficacy of functional training focusing on muscle group around shoulder for subacromial impingement syndrome.Method:Forty five patients with subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS) were randomly grouped into three groups (fifteen patients for each group).Patients in Group Ⅰ were trained only on muscles around scapula.Patients in Group Ⅱ were treated on rotator cuff muscles.While patients in Group Ⅲ were treated on both.The training goes every 2 days and last for 4 weeks.The indexes for evaluating curative efficacy included:the Neer-test,the Hawkins-test and the Peen Shoulder Score.These indexes were measured immediately and three months after the four week treatment.Result:After treatment of the functional training focusing on muscle group around shoulder,Neer-tests and Hawkins-tests of all of patients were changed from positive to negative,the degree of pain compared with pain before the treatment declined apparently(P＜0.01),at the same time,the degree of satisfaction and the function went up remarkablely(P＜0.01).Compared with group Ⅰ and group Ⅱ,it dropped the most notably on the degree of pain in the group Ⅲ(P＜0.01),however,the degree of satisfaction and the function rose most apparently (P＜0.01) Conclusion:The curative efficacy of functional training focusing on muscle group around shoulder for sub-acromial impingement syndrome was effective apparently.But the efficacy of treated focusing on both muscles around scapula and rotator cuff was the most remarkably.