The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of functional scapular stabilization training compared with the standard physical therapy on function and pain in people with frozen shoulder syndrome (FSS).
Methods
In a single-blind randomized controlled trial, 86 people with FSS were randomly allocated into the intervention group (functional stabilization training [n = 43]) and control group (standard physical therapy [n = 43]) using block randomization for 12 weeks. The primary outcome measures were the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index and the numeric pain rating scale. The secondary outcome measures were range of motion (ROM), range of passive abduction, and coracoid pain test. All the outcome measures were carried out by an independent blind outcome assessor at baseline and at the end of 12 weeks.
Results
A significant group × time interaction effect was observed for the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (95% CI, 2.95-16.74; P < .01) and the numeric pain rating scale (95% CI, 0.67-2.07; P < .01) at the end of 12 weeks. The external rotation ROM showed a statistical significance with a mean change of 7.8° and P value of <.01.
Conclusion
The present findings show that scapular functional stabilization training resulted in improvement of function, reduction in pain, and greater improvement in external rotation ROM in patients with FSS. Also, our study findings suggest the involvement of rotator interval and inferior soft-tissue structures as indicated by the coracoid pain test and range of passive abduction.
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of postural shifting frequency on perceived musculoskeletal discomfort during 1 hour of sitting in healthy office workers.
Methods
An experimental study comparing 3 different postural shifting frequencies was conducted on 60 healthy office workers who were asked to sit for an hour. The effects of 3 postural shifts (ie, 10, 20, and 30 times/h) on discomfort, measured by Borg's CR-10 scale, were compared. A seat pressure mat was used to confirm an individual's postural shift.
Results
Postural shifting frequency of 10 to 30 times/h had significant effects on perceived discomfort in the neck, shoulder, and upper and lower back during 1-hour sitting. At the neck and shoulder, a postural shifting frequency of 30 times/h significantly reduced perceived discomfort compared to a postural shifting frequency of 10 times/h during 1-hour sitting. At the upper and lower back, a postural shifting frequency of 20 to 30 times/h significantly reduced perceived discomfort compared to a postural shifting frequency of 10 times/h.
Conclusion
Postural shifts of 30 times/h provided buffering effects on perceived musculoskeletal discomfort at the neck, shoulder, and upper and lower back.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.1016/S0161-4754(23)00068-4
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The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of manual therapy to therapeutic exercise on shoulder pain, disability, and range of motion (ROM) in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome (SAIS).
Methods
Sixty patients with SAIS were randomly assigned into the manual therapy (MT) and therapeutic exercise (TE) groups. Patients in the MT group were treated with joint mobilization, which was applied to the glenohumeral, acromioclavicular, sternoclavicular and scapulothoracic joints, and trigger point (TrP) inactivation using ischemic compression. Patients in the TE group performed therapeutic exercises. Shoulder pain, disability and active ROM (elevation, external rotation, and internal rotation) were assessed by the visual analog scale, the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index, and a goniometer, respectively. The outcomes were measured at baseline, after the intervention, and 1 month after the intervention.
Results
After the treatment, both groups had significant improvements in shoulder pain, disability, and ROM (P < .05). The MT group experienced a greater reduction in shoulder pain than the TE group (P < .001). However, in disability and ROM, both groups exhibited similar improvements in post-treatment and follow-up periods.
Conclusion
Both MT and TE were effective in improving shoulder pain, disability, and ROM in patients with SAIS. Greater improvement in shoulder pain was observed in the MT group.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-01DOI: 10.1016/S0161-4754(23)00069-6
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2023.05.003
Oguzhan Mete PhD, PT , Derya Ozer Kaya PhD, PT , Merve Keskin PT , Seyda Toprak Celenay PhD, PT
Objective
The purpose of this review was to compare types of Western massage therapy (MT) to other therapies, placebo, and no-treatment controls in neck pain (NP) in randomized and nonrandomized clinical trials.
Methods
An electronic, systematic search was performed in 7 English and 2 Turkish databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, SPORTDiscus, Physiotherapy Evidence-Based Database, ULAKBIM National Medical Database, and the Reference Directory of Turkey). The search terms “NP” and “massage” were used. Studies published between January 2012 and July 2021 were searched. Methodological quality was evaluated with Downs and Black Scale and version 2 of the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool.
Results
A total of 932 articles were identified; 8 of them were eligible. The Downs and Black score ranged from 15 to 26 points. Two studies were rated as “fair,” 3 studies as “good,” and 3 studies as “excellent.” According to version 2 of the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool, 3 studies had a low risk of bias, 3 studies had some concerns, and 2 studies had a high risk of bias. Fair evidence found that myofascial release therapy improved pain intensity and pain threshold compared to no intervention in the short term. Excellent evidence found that connective tissue massage with exercise improved pain intensity and pain threshold compared to exercise alone in the short term. No Western MTs were superior to other active therapies according to short-term and immediate effects.
Conclusion
This review suggests that Western MTs (myofascial release therapy and connective tissue massage) may improve NP, but studies are limited. This review showed that Western MTs were not superior to other active therapies for improving NP. The reviewed studies reported only immediate and short-term effects of Western MT; thus, high-quality randomized clinical trials investigating the long-term effects of Western MT are needed.
目的:本综述的目的是在随机和非随机临床试验中比较西医按摩疗法(MT)与其他疗法、安慰剂和无治疗对照的颈部疼痛(NP)。方法对7个英文数据库和2个土耳其语数据库(PubMed、Web of Science、Scopus、Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials、Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature、SPORTDiscus、Physiotherapy Evidence-Based Database、ULAKBIM National Medical Database、and Reference Directory of Turkey)进行电子系统检索。搜索词为“NP”和“按摩”。检索了2012年1月至2021年7月间发表的研究。采用Downs和Black量表及Cochrane第2版偏倚风险评估工具评估方法学质量。结果共鉴定出932篇;其中8人符合条件。唐斯和布莱克的得分在15到26分之间。两项研究被评为“一般”,3项研究被评为“良好”,3项研究被评为“优秀”。根据Cochrane风险偏倚工具第2版,3项研究有低偏倚风险,3项研究有一些担忧,2项研究有高偏倚风险。公平的证据表明,肌筋膜释放疗法在短期内改善了疼痛强度和疼痛阈值。有充分的证据表明,与单独运动相比,结缔组织按摩在短期内可以改善疼痛强度和疼痛阈值。根据短期和即时效果,没有西方MTs优于其他积极疗法。结论本综述提示西方MTs(肌筋膜释放疗法和结缔组织按摩)可能改善NP,但研究有限。本综述显示西医治疗在改善NP方面并不优于其他积极疗法。所回顾的研究仅报告了西方MT的即时和短期效果;因此,需要进行高质量的随机临床试验来调查西方MT的长期效果。
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2023.05.001
Kevser Sevik Kacmaz PT, MSc , Bayram Unver PhD, PT
Objective
The aim of this study was to investigate the immediate effects of Mulligan's mobilization with movement (MWM) on elbow proprioception.
Methods
The study included 26 participants in the intervention group and 30 participants in the control group. The intervention group received MWM, while the control group received a sham application. Proprioception was assessed with joint position sense error at baseline, immediately after mobilization, and 30 minutes after mobilization with 70° and 110° of elbow flexion. The hypothesis of interest was the group × time interaction.
Results
At 110° of elbow flexion, group × time interaction was significant (F[2, 108] = 11.48, P = .001). In the paired comparisons, there was a statistically significant difference in favor of the control group in the first measurement (P = .003). No difference was detected in other time points (P = 1.00). At 70° of elbow flexion, there was no significant difference between the time point × group interaction (F[2, 108] = 1.37, P = .10). Therefore, no pairwise comparison was made.
Conclusion
In this study of healthy participants, no immediate difference was found between MWM and sham application on elbow proprioception.
目的探讨Mulligan's mobilewith movement (MWM)对肘关节本体感觉的直接影响。方法干预组26例,对照组30例。干预组接受MWM,对照组接受假应用。以关节位置感觉误差在基线、活动后立即和活动后30分钟进行本体感觉评估,肘关节屈曲70°和110°。感兴趣的假设是组×时间相互作用。结果肘关节屈曲110°时,组×时间交互作用显著(F[2,108] = 11.48, P = .001)。在配对比较中,第一次测量中,对照组的优势有统计学意义(P = 0.003)。其他时间点差异无统计学意义(P = 1.00)。在肘关节屈曲70°时,时间点与组间交互作用无显著差异(F[2,108] = 1.37, P = .10)。因此,没有进行两两比较。结论在健康受试者中,MWM与假应用在肘关节本体感受上无直接差异。
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Pub Date : 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1016/S0161-4754(23)00058-1
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The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of adding core stability to usual care for pregnant women with lumbar and pelvic girdle (LPG) pain.
Methods
This was a repeated-measures design randomized controlled trial with blinded outcome assessors. Thirty-five pregnant women with LPG pain were recruited from prenatal health care providers. They were allocated to 2 study groups to receive either usual prenatal care (control group, n = 17) or usual care with core stability exercises focusing on the pelvic floor muscles and deep abdominal muscles (exercise group, n = 18) for 10 weeks. The visual analog scale, score on the Oswestry Disability Index, and the World Health Organization's Quality of Life Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF) were evaluated with analysis of variance at pre-intervention, post-intervention, at the end of pregnancy, and 6 weeks after childbirth.
Results
There was a statistically significant interaction of group and time for all outcome measures except for the Social category (P = .18) in the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire. The analysis of the group within time showed that mean scores in the exercise group were substantially improved at the post-intervention, end of pregnancy, and 6-week follow-up evaluation, except in the Environment category (end of pregnancy: P = .36; 6-week follow-up: P = .75) in the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire.
Conclusion
The results of this study indicate that the addition of core stability exercises was more effective than the usual care alone in pain relief, improving disability, and quality of life of pregnant women with LPG pain.
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This study aimed to compare dynamic postural control between individuals with and without chronic low back pain (LBP) through load lifting and lowering.
Methods
This cross-sectional study included 52 male patients with chronic LBP (age: 33.37 ± 9.23 years) and 20 healthy male individuals (age: 31.75 ± 7.43 years). The postural control parameters were measured using a force plate system. The participants were instructed to stand barefoot (hip-width apart) on the force plate and lift a box (10% of the weight of the participants) from the waist height to overhead and then lower it from overhead to waist height. The interaction between the groups and tasks was determined using a 2-way repeated-measures analysis of variance.
Results
There was no significant interaction between the groups and tasks. Regardless of the groups, postural control parameters including amplitude (P = .001) and velocity (P < .001) in anterior-posterior (AP) direction, phase plane in medial-lateral (ML) direction (P = .001), phase plane in AP-ML direction (P = .001), and the mean total velocity (P < .001) were lesser during the lowering compared with lifting. The results indicated that, regardless of the tasks, the postural control parameters including velocity (P = .004) and phase plane in AP direction (P = .004), velocity in ML direction (P < .001), phase plane (AP-ML) (P = .028), and mean total velocity (P = .001) in LBP were lesser compared with the normal group.
Conclusion
Different tasks affected postural control differently in patients with LBP and healthy individuals. Moreover, postural control was more challenged during the load-lowering than the load-lifting task. This may have been a result of a stiffening strategy. It may be that the load-lowering task might be considered as a more influential factor for the postural control strategy. These results may provide a novel understanding of selecting the rehabilitation programs for postural control disorders in patients.
{"title":"Comparison of the Dynamic Postural Control During Lifting and Lowering an External Load in Low Back Pain: A Cross-Sectional Study","authors":"Majid Shahbazi PhD , Javad Sarrafzadeh PhD , Ismail Ebrahimi Takamjani PhD , Saeed Akhlaghi PhD , Hossein Negahban PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jmpt.2023.05.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jmpt.2023.05.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>This study aimed to compare dynamic postural control between individuals with and without chronic low back pain (LBP) through load lifting and lowering.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>This cross-sectional study included 52 male patients with chronic LBP (age: 33.37 ± 9.23 years) and 20 healthy male individuals (age: 31.75 ± 7.43 years). The postural control parameters were measured using a force plate system. The participants were instructed to stand barefoot (hip-width apart) on the force plate and lift a box (10% of the weight of the participants) from the waist height to overhead and then lower it from overhead to waist height. The interaction between the groups and tasks was determined using a 2-way repeated-measures analysis of variance.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>There was no significant interaction between the groups and tasks. Regardless of the groups, postural control parameters including amplitude (<em>P</em> = .001) and velocity (<em>P</em> < .001) in anterior-posterior (AP) direction, phase plane in medial-lateral (ML) direction (<em>P</em> = .001), phase plane in AP-ML direction (<em>P</em> = .001), and the mean total velocity (<em>P</em> < .001) were lesser during the lowering compared with lifting. The results indicated that, regardless of the tasks, the postural control parameters including velocity (<em>P</em> = .004) and phase plane in AP direction (<em>P</em> = .004), velocity in ML direction (<em>P</em> < .001), phase plane (AP-ML) (<em>P</em> = .028), and mean total velocity (<em>P</em> = .001) in LBP were lesser compared with the normal group.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Different tasks affected postural control differently in patients with LBP and healthy individuals. Moreover, postural control was more challenged during the load-lowering than the load-lifting task. This may have been a result of a stiffening strategy. It may be that the load-lowering task might be considered as a more influential factor for the postural control strategy. These results may provide a novel understanding of selecting the rehabilitation programs for postural control disorders in patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":16132,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10299357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}