Blood Flow - an Underlying Mechanism Behind Clinical Improvements in Patients With Subacromial Pain Syndrome?
CompletedNot applicableNCT02701465
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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 randomized clinical trial is two-fold. Firstly to see if patients suffering Subacromial Pain Syndrome can improve blood flow in the supraspinatus muscle in their shoulder, and secondly to investigate how changes in this blood flow are related to pain experience and shoulder function.
Study details
- Official title
- Blood Flow - an Underlying Mechanism Behind Clinical Improvements in Patients With Subacromial Pain Syndrome?
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Exercise: local high intensity interval exercise
- Other: Exercise: best clinical practice
- Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Collaborators
- St. Olavs Hospital
- Start date
- 2016-01-02
- Primary completion
- 2018-04
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 70 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Norway
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * shoulder pain for longer than three months * clinical findings indicative of subacromial pain syndrome (evaluated by Hawkins-Kennedy sign, Neers sign, painful arch and Yokum test) * normal passive range of motion of the shoulder Exclusion Criteria: * subjects unable to provide an informed consent * lack of ability to complete the intervention * full rupture of the tendon of m. supraspinatus * planned shoulder surgery, or previous shoulder surgery on affected shoulder * other musculoskeletal problem that could explain the symptoms * adhesive capsulitis * pregnancy * rheumatoid arthritis * symptomatic osteoarthritis of the shoulder/shoulder girdle * glenohumeral instability * widespread pain syndrome * unstable underlying heart disease * cortisone injections in the shoulder the last month * allergies * other serious mental or somatic disease (i.e. psychosis or active cancer disease).
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02701465