Physiotherapeutic Case Studies in Frozen Shoulder Pathology

A series of questions were asked to a number of patients with diagnoses related to primary idiopathic stiff shoulder and/or extrinsic stiff shoulder secondary to trauma or surgery. These patients are part of the physiotherapy clinic receiving the research. This questionnaire answers basic questions for the structure of the study such as age and sex, physical behaviour during the week, endurance, athletic disability, reason for attending the clinic, exploratory motor tests, etc. Subsequently, physiotherapeutic tests related to the pathology within the research were performed consisting of joint range, percentage of shoulder disability and pain scale.

Three treatment sessions of Percutaneous Neuromodulation (PNM) and Orthopaedic Manual Therapy (OMT) (Maitland and Mulligan) (group 1) and three treatment sessions of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy (OMT) (Maitland and Mulligan) (group 2) were performed at a rate of two sessions per month for three months. These therapies were compared with the clinical examination performed prior to each new session to verify changes in joint range, percentage of shoulder disability, strength and pain scale.

Age and sex were expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD). The rest of the variables were expressed as mean, absolute and relative frequency. The chi-square test was used to analyse the differences between the examinations in terms of the time taken and the treatments used in the two groups. A confidence level of 95% was established, considering a value of p\<0.05 as statistically significant.