Article

The aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of a group
intervention in painful shoulder. DESIGN: This was a two-arm controlled clinical
trial with a 5-wk follow-up and 1:1 allocation ratio with pretreatment and
posttreatment assessments in a Spanish hospital in 2015-2016. This study
comprised 74 patients with nontraumatic, inoperable painful shoulder. Patients
were randomized into two groups: (1) in intervention, patients underwent group
rehabilitation exercises supervised by a physical therapist and (2) in control,
patients performed the same exercises as the intervention group but in their own
home. The main variables were the differences preintervention and
postintervention between scores on the visual analog scale, Constant-Murley
scale, and Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand scale.
The mean differences
in the main variables were compared between the two interventions (t test).
Registration code is NCT02541279 (clinicaltrials.gov). RESULTS: Differences were
found in favor of the intervention group:
(1) visual analog scale = -0.1 (P =
0.723), (2) Constant-Murley = 4.1 (P = 0.085), and (3) Disabilities of the Arm,
Shoulder and Hand = 14.7 (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS:
Relevant improvements were
obtained with our intervention in the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand
scale.

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