Study of Strengthening Exercises and Improving Movement for Painful Shoulders in Adults With Spinal Cord Injury
CompletedPhase 1NCT00461474
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
The purpose of this study is to conduct research to see if we can help people who have a spinal cord injury and shoulder pain to decrease the pain in the shoulders. We are investigating the effectiveness of a home exercise program for the shoulders and changes in how tasks are performed compared to an educational program on shoulder pain. There are no new experimental procedures included in this study; instead it is a comparison of two types of treatment that have been provided for this problem before. The new part of this study is the collecting of information before and after treatment. We hypothesize that those who participate in this home exercise program will have decrease shoulder pain and increase activity.
Study details
- Official title
- Strengthening and Optimal Movements for Painful Shoulders in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury (STOMPS)
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Shoulder strengthening exercises
- Behavioral: Movement Optimization
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
- Collaborators
- Physical Therapy Clinical Research Network
- Start date
- 2004-03
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 19 Years to 75 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- United States
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * post-pubescent (age 14 or older) onset of paraplegia, * at least 5 years duration with spinal cord injury, current age between 19 and 75, * unilateral or bilateral shoulder pain that interferes with at least one functional task (e.g. transfers, wheelchair propulsion), * subjects who propel a manual wheelchair \>50% normalized velocity and ability to understand the informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * hospitalization within the last month * a cortisone injection to the shoulder within the last 4 months, * a fracture within the last year, * shoulder surgery to the painful side within the last year, * a diagnosis of complete rotator cuff tear, rheumatoid arthritis, adhesive capsulitis at the shoulder or complex regional pain syndrome (also known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy), * any serious medical conditions, major depression, alcohol abuse, or being unlikely to complete the 12-weeks of treatment.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00461474