Shoulder Exercises in Hypermobile Patients With Shoulder Symptoms
CompletedNot applicableNCT03869307
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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)
Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (HSD) is a recent diagnosis that covers generalised joint hypermobility with one or more secondary symptomatic musculoskeletal manifestations. Current clinical management of this population with shoulder symptoms is based on limited evidence and includes a combination of non-specific physiotherapy modalities and exercise prescription. There is some evidence suggesting that strength training may be valuable for treatment of this patient-group. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a heavy shoulder strengthening exercise programme in patients with HSD and shoulder symptoms.
Study details
- Official title
- Shoulder Exercises in Patients With Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder and Long-lasting Shoulder Symptoms: A Randomised Controlled Trial
- Conditions
- Hypermobility Syndrome Shoulder
- Shoulder Pain Chronic
- Shoulder Luxation
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- University of Southern Denmark
- Collaborators
- Esbjerg Municipality; The Danish Rheumatism Association; Region of Southern Denmark; Fund for Research, Quality and Education in Physiotherapy Practice
- Start date
- 2019-04-01
- Primary completion
- 2021-02-28
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Denmark
- Total sites listed
- 3
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Men and women aged 18 - 65 * Generalized HSD (G-HSD) defined with Beighton score cut-off ≥ 5 for women up to the age of 50 years and ≥ 4 for those above 50 years and all men, or Historical HSD (H-HSD) if the Beighton score was 1 point below the age and sex-specific cut-off AND the five-part questionnaire (5PQ) was positive (= at least two positive items). * Present with one or more secondary symptomatic musculoskeletal manifestations, defined as either 1. musculoskeletal pain in minimum one shoulder for at least three months and/or 2. recurrent joint dislocations or joint instability without a reported history of trauma defined as either a) minimum three atraumatic dislocations in same shoulder, b) minimum two atraumatic dislocations in two different joints (minimum one in the shoulder) occurring at different times, or c) medical confirmation of joint instability in minimum two joints (minimum one in the shoulder) not related to trauma. Exclusion Criteria: * Clinically suspected referred pain from the cervical spine * Systemic inflammatory rheumatic diseases * Connective tissue diseases (e.g. Marfans, Stickler's or Loeys Dietz syndromes, Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes except hypermobile type) * Neurological diseases * Pregnancy or childbirth within the past year or planning to get pregnant during the study period * Shoulder surgery within the past year * Steroid injection in the affected shoulder within three months * Inability to speak and understand Danish. * Unable to comply with protocol
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03869307