Physical therapy for shoulder arthritis pain
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Pain clinical trials.
This study tests if a specific physical therapy program can help people with shoulder arthritis (wear-and-tear in the shoulder joint) feel better and move more easily without surgery. It may help you if you have this type of arthritis and have not tried physical therapy recently.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have been diagnosed with shoulder arthritis that is not caused by injury, inflammation, or a torn rotator cuff.
- You are 18 years or older.
- You can attend scheduled appointments and do the physical therapy exercises.
- You have not had a corticosteroid injection in the affected shoulder in the last 6 weeks.
- You have not had surgery on that shoulder in the past year, and you are not planning shoulder surgery within the next 6 months.
- You have not tried a 6-week course of physical therapy for your shoulder in the last year.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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