Background: Adhesive capsulitis (AC) is an insidious and painful stiffening of the glenohumeral (shoulder) joint, resulting in compromised functional ability quality life (QoL).

Adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder joint is a common disorder characterized by gradual increase pain and limitation in range motion joint. The pathophysiological process involves fibrous inflammation capsule leading to capsular thickening contracture. Intra-articular corticosteroid injection commonly performed patients with adhesive capsulitis. However, there no consensus as best site. Cortico...

PRINCIPLE A randomised, comparative prospective clinical trial was planned to compare the early response to different rehabilitation methods for adhesive capsulitis taking into consideration the clinical efficacy and the cost effectiveness of the methods. METHODS Forty patients with adhesive capsulitis were randomised into two treatment groups. The first group (CYR) received the Cyriax approa...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In many physical therapy programs for subjects with adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder, mobilization techniques are an important part of the intervention. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of high-grade mobilization techniques (HGMT) with that of low-grade mobilization techniques (LGMT) in subjects with adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder. SUBJ...

[Purpose] This study aimed to compare the effects of two different mobilization techniques in the management of patients with adhesive capsulitis. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty non-diabetic men and women with adhesive capsulitis were randomly allocated to the reverse distraction group (n=15) or Kaltenborn group (n=15). The reverse distraction technique and Kaltenborn's caudal and posterior glid...

BACKGROUND The Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) is a self-administered questionnaire that aims to measure pain and disability associated with shoulder disease. It consists of a pain section and a disability section with 13 items being responded to on visual analogue scales. Few researchers have investigated SPADI validity in specified diagnostic groups, although the selection of an ev...

BACKGROUND Intra-articular corticosteroid injection is a common therapy for adhesive capsulitis, but there is a lack of prospective randomized controlled studies analyzing the efficacy of single injections applied blindly to accelerate improvement in pain and function. HYPOTHESIS In patients with adhesive capsulitis, a single intra-articular corticosteroid injection without image control appl...

Objective To investigate the association between the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of adhesive capsulitis and shoulder muscle fat percentages using a multi-echo Dixon method. Materials and Methods Twenty-four patients with clinical diagnoses of adhesive capsulitis and either intact rotator cuffs or Ellman grade 1 partial tears as indicated by MRI scans were included. Two radiologi...

Introduction: Adhesive capsulitis ("frozen shoulder") is characterized by pain and a progressive loss of active passive range shoulder movement. In physiotherapy, several resources are being used to treat it. However, high-quality randomized controlled trials systematic reviews have supported the effectiveness joint mobilization. Objective: To evaluate effects mobilizations in treatment patient...

STUDY DESIGN Randomized clinical trial. OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of anterior versus posterior glide mobilization techniques for improving shoulder external rotation range of motion (ROM) in patients with adhesive capsulitis. BACKGROUND Physical therapists use joint mobilization techniques to treat motion impairments in patients with adhesive capsulitis. However, opinions of th...