Efficacy of Joint Mobilization Apparatus in Treating Frozen Shoulder

doi:10.3390/app11094184

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Title:	Efficacy of Joint Mobilization Apparatus in Treating Frozen Shoulder
Authors:	Wu, CJ;Ting, H;Lin, CC;Chen, YC;Chao, MC;Lee, SD
Keywords:	adhesive capsulitis;mobilization device;shoulder mobility limitation;shoulder pain
Date:	2021
Issue Date:	2022-08-05T09:41:00Z (UTC)
Publisher:	MDPI
Abstract:	This purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of shoulder joint mobilization generated by an innovative servomotor joint mobilization apparatus that was developed in this research for patients suffering from frozen shoulder. Forty-eight patients with frozen shoulder were recruited and stratified randomly assigned into one of two groups: joint mobilization apparatus (posterior and inferior gliding, 80 N, 5 Hz, 30 min) combined with regular therapy (experimental group; EG) versus a regular therapy alone group (control group; CG), three times a week for eight weeks. The visual analogue scale (VAS) for pain and shoulder range of motion (ROM) were measured before, during, and the end of the treatment. Results showed that the shoulder flexion, abduction, internal rotation, and external rotation of the EG improved by 36%, 51%, 81%, and 88%, respectively, while VAS pain scores decreased by 62% when compared with the baseline. Furthermore, the shoulder flexion, abduction, internal rotation, external rotation, and pain score of the EG was 11%, 25%, 41%, 24%, and 34% better than those of the CG, respectively. No complaint as well as no side effects were found during or after usage of the joint mobilization apparatus in EG. This study suggests that the joint mobilization apparatus operated by a very small amount of professional manpower and combined with physical therapy further improves shoulder ROM and pain in patients with frozen shoulder compared to regular physical therapy alone and could be one of the new therapeutic regimens in the future.
URI:	http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/app11094184 https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000649934100001 https://ir.csmu.edu.tw:8080/handle/310902500/23671
Relation:	APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL ,2021,v11,issue 9
Appears in Collections:	[中山醫學大學研究成果] 期刊論文

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