Core Stabilization Exercises on Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Classical physiotherapy program=Classical physiotherapy program included transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, infrared radiation for 15 min, continuous ultrasound for 5 min and home exercise program. For active assistive shoulder range of motion (ROM), home exercises included the Codman exercise, flexion exercise at the ladder, and the Wand exercise, as well as some strengthening and stretching exercises performed at the pain limit with 10 repetitions twice a day (six weeks)

The interventions of the core exercise were applied when the patient lay on his/her back with his/her knees at flexion. The number of repeats for each exercise was five, and these exercises were done 3 times a week for 6 weeks with the same physiotherapist. The further steps in the exercises were extended according to the activation duration of the core muscles, and this extension was elongated 5 s