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Pathology of the rotator cuff and subacromial bursa is considered to be the principal cause of pain and symptoms arising from the shoulder. Physiotherapy specialists often disagree about which type of exercise is most appropriate. Manual Physiotherapy combined with guided exercise is a commonly applied clinical treatment, but no proof of its effectiveness has been shown. Clinical trials comparing results of treating subacromial syndrome of the shoulder with guided self-treatment and conventional physiotherapy yielded a slightly higher improvement, basically because patients suffered from chronic tendinitis and the treatment period lasted only two weeks. That is the reason why the investigators propose a long-term follow-up study and a more complete assessment of effectiveness of the exercise prescribed to improved this pathology.
Objectives:
Patients will be assigned one of the following treatments:
A modified version of the Constant scale will be used to assess mobility and pain shoulder.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Group Therapy Exercises | Active Comparator | Patients will be taught exercises in groups of six persons, on a daily basis for twelve sessions. |
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| Individual Manual Therapy Exercises | Active Comparator | Patients will be taught the same exercises as in a Group 1, individually, and will receive manual therapy consisting of muscular and joint re-centering |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Individual exercises | Other |
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| Group exercises |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The assessment of pain with a visual analogue scale. | Six Months | |
| The mobility (joint range of motion) with a goniometer. | Six Months |
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