Effects of Maitland Mobilization Techniques with and without Kinesio Taping in Patients with Shoulder Subacute Adhesive Capsulitis

The aim of this study is to compare the effects of Maitland mobilization techniques with and without Kinesio taping in patients with shoulder subacute adhesive capsulitis.

Twenty four patients with adhesive capsulitis will be divided into two intervention and control groups (Kinesio taping plus Maitland Mobilization, and Maitland Mobilization alone) by simple randomization using a sealed envelope. The study is single blinded and the third phase.

Adhesive capsulitis is a disease characterized by limited active and passive range of motion at the glenohumeral joint, leading to pain and loss of motion. Maitland mobilization is used in the treatment of Adhesive capsulitis in physiotherapy. Kinesio taping is a non-invasive way of treating musculoskeletal injuries which mimics and improves the function of muscle fibers and tendons. This study will be performed on patients referred to the outpatient physiotherapy clinic of the School of Rehabilitation. The study will be single blinded. Patients have no knowledge about the type of the interventions used and the coding to the evaluation forms will be used for blinding.

Inclusion criteria: Age between 40-60 years, primary type and sub- acute stage of adhesive capsulitis, restriction of movements in capsular Pattern. Exclusion criteria: History of shoulder dislocation, fractures and surgery, cervical spine symptoms, neurological condition, hypersensitivity to tape, uncontrolled diabetes, supraspinatus tendon rapture, major cardiopulmonary problems.

Both groups will receive supervised exercises. Intervention group will receive the Maitland mobilization and kinesio taping, and the control group, the Maitland mobilization alone.

Pain, range of motion, Muscular torque, Shoulder Discomfort and Disability

After initial assessments, patients are randomly assigned to one of the two groups of intervention and control (method: simple randomization - unit: individual). One envelope containing blue paper and one envelope containing red paper (randomization tool: sealed envelope) are given to the patients, if the patient choose the envelope containing blue paper, will be in the intervention group and if the patient chose the envelope containing red paper will be in the control group.

As mentioned above, the study will be single-blinded. In this way, the participants know in which group they are. Also the therapist, who is the one applying the different interventions and assessing the outcome measures, knows the participants' groups. But the data analyzer is unaware of which study group the data belongs to.

All data is potentially shareable after unidentified individuals.

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For researchers working in academic, scientific and hospital institutions

Researchers working in the field of musculoskeletal physiotherapy and manual therapy.

Applicants for documentation can contact Dr. Sara Fereydounnia via email. S-fereydounnia@sina.tums.ac.ir

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