Bowen Technique Versus Dynamic Soft Tissue Mobilization on Pain, Range of Motion and Functional Disability in Patients With Adhesive Capsulitis

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Conditions studied: Adhesive Capsulitis

In brief

A randomized controlled trial included 72 patients diagnosed with adhesive capsulitis will conduct in University of Lahore Teaching Hospital. The study will complete within 9 months after the approval of synopsis. Patients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria will identified by individual physiotherapist and will enrolled for particular study. Informed written consent will be taken by the patients and will randomly allocated into two groups. The total numbers of sessions will 12 (3 sessions per week). The study will single blinded. The assessor will unaware of the treatment given to both groups. Control group received routine physical therapy with dynamic soft tissue mobilization technique. thermotherapy, trans-cutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, shoulder isometrics and stretching that includes 12 sessions and three times per week. Experimental group received routine physical therapy along with Bowen technique. This includes thermotherapy, trans-cutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, shoulder isometrics and stretching that includes 12 sessions and three times per week

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07047846

Run by

University of Lahore

People needed

72

Starts

2025-07-16

Expected to finish

2026-01-03

Last updated by the study team

2025-07-02

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosed patients of 50-80 years of age
• Grade 2 \& 3 (frozen and thawing) adhesive capsulitis
• patients willing to participate in the study
• Only diabetic patients

You may not qualify if…

• Major mental health probleme
• Patients who has a history of surgery on the shoulder, other shoulder diseases including a rotator cuff tear, sub acromial impingement syndrome, and a shoulder labral tear
• Patients taking oral or intra-articular steroids and cortisone injection prior 3 months
• Subjects with rotator cuff tears or other shoulder ligament injuries, H/O arthritis related to shoulder, malignancy, adhesive capsulitis secondary to fractures, dislocation, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, neurological disorder

Where it is running

• UOL Teaching Hospital — Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan (enrolling)

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