Maitland Thoracic Mobilization Versus Mulligan Thoracic Mobilization in Kyphotic Patients With Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Maitland Thoracic Mobilization Versus Mulligan Thoracic Mobilization in Kyphotic Patients With Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

In recent years the management of shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) included the thoracic spine as it was proved that it's highly correlated to pathologies in shoulder joint. SIS is proved to be associated with kyphotic posture. Also, It was proved that changing sitting posture affects the measured ROM of shoulder joint and this implicates the influence of changing thoracic position on shoulder mechanics. Explanations were made regarding the role of thoracic spine in affecting the shoulder joint through two ways. Firstly, through affecting the mechanics of scapular movements and secondly through altering the length tension relationship of shoulder musculature. This study would aim at studying the most effective thoracic mobilization in the treatment of SIS.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Shoulder impingement syndrome SIS clinically diagnosed by using Hawkins-Kennedy test, the painful arc test, and the infraspinatus muscle strength test; and for a rotator cuff tear, the infraspinatus and the drop-arm test and supraspinatus muscle strength tests.
• Subjects will be diagnosed of having postural kyphosis proved by a physician referral or modified Cobb's angle of more than 40 degrees (x-ray).

Exclusion Criteria:

• The participants with any musculoskeletal abnormalities eg. Glenohumeral instability.
• Neurological abnormalities.
• Surgical operation of the last 4 months will be excluded from the study.
• Shoulder corticosteroid injection at any time in the past.
• Engaging in any athletic physical activities.