It covers the classical physical therapy modalities that patients will take for shoulder pain.

It covers the classical physical therapy modalities that patients will take for shoulder pain. It also refers to the dry needling treatment to be applied.

Conventional physical therapy: The patients received physical therapy to the shoulder, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, and stretching and strengthening exercises (5 days per week for three weeks in a total of 15 sessions).

It grades pain of the patients between 0 and 10 points. Higher scores represent a worse outcome

Shoulder range of motion of the patients is evaluated in abduction, flexion, and external rotation. Higher measurements represent a better outcome

The Quick DASH is an 11-item measure of the magnitude of disability and symptoms specific to the upper extremity. The first 6 items measure the degree of difficulty in performing various physical activities because of a shoulder, arm, and hand problem, and the other 5 items related to quality of sleeping, social activities, and daily activities, and the intensity of pain and numbness.

The FM scale is a 226-point multi-item Likert-type scale developed as an evaluative measure of recovery from hemiplegic stroke. It is divided into 5 domains: motor function, sensory function, balance, joint range of motion, and joint pain. Each domain contains multiple items, each scored on a 3-point ordinal scale (0 = cannot perform, 1 = performs partially, 2 = performs fully).