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Manual Therapy + Stretching & Strengthening Exercises For Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

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June 2024

Manual Therapy + Stretching & Strengthening Exercises For Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Vol: 306| Issue: 6| Number:49| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Effects of manual therapy in addition to stretching and strengthening exercises to improve scapular range of motion, functional capacity and pain in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.

BMC Musculoskelet Disord . 2024 Mar 2;25(1):192.

Contributing Authors:
S Tauqeer A Arooj H Shakeel

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Synopsis

Thirty-two patients with chronic shoulder impingement syndrome were randomized to receive exercise therapy with manual therapy (n=16) or exercise therapy alone (n=16). Outcomes of interest included pain on a Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), scapular protraction, upward rotation, and disability of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand questionnaires (DASH). Outcomes were assessed at baseline and after fou...

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