Type of Exercise and Education in Patients With SubAcromial Pain Syndrome

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Conditions studied: Shoulder Pain

In brief

Patients seeking care for shoulder pain will be recruited to enroll will be randomized to one of four combined treatment groups; eccentric or traditional strengthening alone and eccentric or traditional strengthening with pain neuroscience education. Patients will be followed for 1 year.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03127839

Run by

Brooke Army Medical Center

People needed

240

Starts

2017-03-10

Expected to finish

2022-04-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-07-03

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 18 to 65
• Read and speak English well enough to provide informed consent, follow study instructions, and independently answer the questionnaires/surveys
• TRICARE beneficiary (eligible for medical benefits in the Military Health System)
• Primary complaint of new episode of unilateral shoulder pain; defined as not having sought care for shoulder condition in 6 months prior
• Meets criteria for SAPS, as determined upon physical exam
• At least 20% on either pain or disability subscales of the SPADI outcome measure
• Available and willing to come in for treatment up to 8 sessions over a 4-week period

You may not qualify if…

• History of shoulder dislocation, subluxation, fracture, adhesive capsulitis of the glenohumeral joint, or cervical/shoulder/upper back surgery, or shoulder injury as the result of trauma (e.g. fall, MVA)
• Presence of cervical radiculopathy, radiculitis, or referral from cervical spine (reproduces shoulder symptoms)
• Patient reports their condition is "acceptable" on Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS) at baseline
• Anyone pending a medical evaluation board, discharge from the military for medical reasons, or pending or undergoing any litigation for an injury
• Unable to give informed consent to participate in the study.

Where it is running

• Brooke Army Medical Center — San Antonio, Texas, United States

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