Open AccessIntramuscular Electrical Stimulation Combined with Therapeutic Exercises in Patients with Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Sukumar Shanmugam,
Lawrence Mathias,
Nagarajan Manickaraj,
Krishna Kumar,
Praveen Kumar Kandakurti,
Sathees Kumar Dorairaj,
Ramprasad Muthukrishnan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of surgery protocols
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.291
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2468-3574
DOI - 10.29337/ijsp.25
Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , physical therapy , range of motion , repeated measures design , dry needling , capsulitis , visual analogue scale , adverse effect , therapeutic effect , analysis of variance , imes , surgery , acupuncture , alternative medicine , biochemistry , statistics , chemistry , mathematics , pathology , carbene , catalysis
Myofascial trigger points (MTrPs) precipitate the shoulder pain severity and disability in patients with shoulder adhesive capsulitis (SAC). This study aims to compare the effectiveness of intramuscular electrical stimulation (IMES) combined with therapeutic exercises versus dry needling (DN) combined with therapeutic exercises in improving the clinical outcomes in patients with SAC.