Standardized manual therapy and home exercise program beneficial for chronic rotator cuff .
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Efficacy of standardised manual therapy and home exercise programme for chronic rotator cuff disease: randomised placebo controlled trial
BMJ. 2010 Jun 8;340:c2756. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c2756120 patients with chronic (>3month) rotator cuff disease were randomized to a structured manual therapy and home exercise program or a placebo program for a period of 12 weeks. At 22 months, patients receiving manual therapy and exercise as treatment for chronic rotator cuff disease showed greater improvement on the shoulder pain and disability index than the placebo group.
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