Frozen shoulder: Correlation between the response to physical therapy and follow-up shoulder arthrography

Shoulder Pain and Mobility Deficits: Adhesive Capsulitis

“…Mao et al 74 utilized arthrography to quantify changes in glenohumeral joint volume in 12 patients with adhesive capsulitis treated with deep heating modalities as adjunctive treatments to passive mobilization and a home program. Half of the 12 participants received ultrasound (1 MHz, continuous, 0.8-1.2 W/cm 2 for 8 minutes), whereas the other patients received continuous shortwave diathermy for 20 minutes.…”

The Effect of Anterior Versus Posterior Glide Joint Mobilization on External Rotation Range of Motion in Patients With Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis

“…38,57,59 Primary adhesive capsulitis affects from 2% to 3% of the general population and is the main cause of shoulder pain and dysfunction in individuals aged 40 to 70 years. 38 Shaffer et al 57 found that neither pain nor motion restriction seen with primary adhesive capsulitis was related to age, menopause, hand dominance, affected side, nature of onset, duration of symptoms, or associated medical t MethOdS and MeaSureS: Twenty consecutive subjects with a primary diagnosis of shoulder adhesive capsulitis and exhibiting a specific external rotation ROM deficit were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 treatment groups. All subjects received 6 therapy sessions consisting of application of therapeutic ultrasound, joint mobilization, and upper-body ergometer exercise.…”

Manual Therapy Intervention for a Patient With a Total Hip Arthroplasty Revision

“…25 Joint range of motion may also improve with joint mobilization due to increased joint space capacity. Mao et al 21 found that glenohumeral joint space in the shoulder significantly increased with 4 to 6 weeks of conservative treatment, including passive mobilization in patients with acute frozen shoulder. Improvement in shoulder lateral rotation was correlated with an increase in joint space capacity.…”