Effectiveness of physical therapy for patients with adhesive capsulitis: a randomized controlled trial.
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in English
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| ID: sea-43936
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To compare the effectiveness of a combined technique of physical and ibuprofen for the treatment of adhesive capsulitis with ibuprofen alone. MATERIAL ANDMETHOD:
122 subjects were randomly allocated to have 3 weeks treatment either with ibuprofen (n=61) or ibuprofen and a combined technique of physical therapy (n=61). Outcome measures were carried out 3 weeks and 12 weeks after randomization. Primary outcome measures were the success of treatment measured by improvement in the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index, and global rating.RESULTS:
At 3 weeks, 21 (35.0%) of 60 patients in the study group were considered to have had successful treatment compared with 11 (18.6%) of 59 in the control group (difference between groups 16.4%, 95% CI 4.0-31.3, p=0.044). There was no significant difference in the success rate between the two groups at the 12th week follow-up.CONCLUSION:
The results of this study support the use of physical therapy for patients with adhesive capsulitis.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Pain Measurement
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Aged
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Bursitis
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Prospective Studies
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Range of Motion, Articular
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Physical Therapy Modalities
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Treatment Outcome
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
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Observational study
Language:
English
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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