A Comparative Study to See The Effect of Mobilization with Movement and Scapular Mobilization to Reduce Pain and to Improve Gleno-Humeral Range of Motion in Adhesive Capsulitis of Shoulder

Abstract

Background: Adhesive capsulitis is a condition characterized by stiffness and pain in your shoulder joint. Signs and symptoms typically begin gradually, worsen over time and then resolve, usually within one to three years. A total number of 50 subjects fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included in the study, consent was obtained from them. They were divided into two groups conveniently as Group A (MWM) and Group B (SM) with 25 subjects in each group. Hot pack and pendulum exercise were given for both the groups. Pre and post treatment measurements were taken on Day 0 and Day 21 by using SPADI pain subscale(%) for measuring pain and gleno-humeral active flexion and external rotation range of motion by a standard goniometer for both group A and group B subjects. The data were recorded and statistically analyzed using PASW version 21.0. An alpha level of 0.05 was used to determine statistical significance. Results: The SPADI pain subscale score (%) and GH-AROM across pre-intervention and post-intervention showed a significant improvement statistically in their mean scores within Group A and Group B (p= 0.000). Statistically significant greater change in score were found in MWM (Group A) for AROM (Flexion and ER) and SPADI pain score (%) as compared to SM (Group B) [p value= 0.000]. Conclusion: This study shows that MWM and SM both are effective in reducing pain and improving flexion and external rotation range of motion in adhesive capsulitis of shoulder. But when compare both the techniques MWM is more effective than SM in 3 weeks.

Keywords: Adhesive capsulitis, mobilization with movement, scapular mobilization, SPADI, AROM, hot packs, pendulum exercise, goniometer

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Bhatri Pratim Dowarah, Lipika Boruah. A Comparative Study to See The Effect of Mobilization with Movement and Scapular Mobilization to Reduce Pain and to Improve Gleno-Humeral Range of Motion in Adhesive Capsulitis of Shoulder. Research & Reviews: Journal of Neuroscience. 2016; 6(2): 11–18p.