ReviewClinical rheumatology2014
Current evidence on physical therapy in patients with adhesive capsulitis: what are we missing?
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Effectiveness of Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy Combined With Evidence-Based Physical Therapy for Adhesive Capsulitis Shoulder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Effects of Kinesiotaping With Kaltenborn Mobilization on the Rate of Recovery in Freezing Stage of Adhesive Capsulitis
Who cites it
36 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of different analgesic strategies combined with conventional physiotherapy program for treating chronic shoulder pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2024Pooled it
- The diagnostic value of physical examination tests in adhesive capsulitis: a systematic review.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy of high-intensity laser therapy in patients with adhesive capsulitis: a sham-controlled randomized controlled trial.Lasers in medical science · 2021Trial
- Intra-articular injection of high versus low molecular weight hyaluronic acid in adhesive capsulitis; randomized trial.Future science OA · 2026Article
- Comparison of Kinesiophobia, Upper Limb Function, and Grip Strength in Patients with Pacemakers and Coronary Artery Disease.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2026Article
- Identification of common genetic features and pathways for osteoporosis with frozen shoulder by integrated bioinformatics analysis and machine learning.The Korean journal of physiology & pharmacology : official journal of the Korean Physiological Society and the Korean Society of Pharmacology · 2026Article
- Economic Evaluation of Pharmacopuncture for Adhesive Capsulitis Alongside a Pilot Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Pharmacopuncture and Physical Therapy.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Optimizing Recovery: A Systematic Scoping Review of Upper Extremity Exercise Immediately after Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Implantation.Cardiology · 2025Article
- Rat models of frozen shoulder: Classification and evaluation.Animal models and experimental medicine · 2025Review
- Pharmacopuncture therapy for adhesive capsulitis: A pragmatic randomized controlled pilot study.Integrative medicine research · 2024Article
- Adhesive Capsulitis of the Ankle (Frozen Ankle): An Infrequent Syndrome.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- Atypical progress of frozen shoulder after COVID-19 vaccination: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2023Article
- Reliability and validity of the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index in a sample of patients with frozen shoulder.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2023Article
- Understanding the clinical profile of patients with frozen shoulder: a longitudinal multicentre observational study.BMJ open · 2022Observational
- Minimally invasive, sustained-release relaxin-2 microparticles reverse arthrofibrosis.Science translational medicine · 2022Article
- Post-surgical physiotherapy in frozen shoulder: A review.Shoulder & elbow · 2022Review
- An overview of effective and potential new conservative interventions in patients with frozen shoulder.Rheumatology international · 2022Review
- A Central Nervous System Focused Treatment Program for People with Frozen Shoulder: A Feasibility Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- The Spatial Extent of Pain Is Associated with Pain Intensity, Catastrophizing and Some Measures of Central Sensitization in People with Frozen Shoulder.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Conditioned Pain Modulation Is Not Impaired in Individuals with Frozen Shoulder: A Case-Control Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Adhesive capsulitis is, in most cases, a self-limiting condition of poorly understood etiology that results in shoulder pain and large mobility deficits. The socio-economic burden will increase as with continuous aging of our population. In addition, both prevalence and incidence figures of adhesive capsulitis are increasing. No literature overview solely focuses on the physiotherapeutic options in patients with adhesive capsulitis and their scientific evidence. Moreover, although some physiotherapeutic interventions show evidence regarding reducing pain or increasing mobility, there is little evidence to suggest that the disease prognosis is affected and this raises the need for new, innovative research in the area of adhesive capsulitis and its treatment. By presenting its current evidence, we hope to retrieve several gaps in the present management of adhesive capsulitis by physiotherapists and provide us with new insights for improving the physiotherapists' policy in treating adhesive capsulitis patients, e.g., continuously increasing nociceptive impulse activity, as in early stages of adhesive capsulitis, could lead to peripheral and subsequently long-lasting central sensitization, as well as to an increased activity of the sympathetic nervous system. But up to now the involvement of central sensitization in adhesive capsulitis has not been studied yet and remains speculative. Finally, when selecting a physical treatment method for adhesive capsulitis, it is extremely important to consider the patient's symptoms, stage of the condition, and recognition of different patterns of motion loss. Guidelines for clinical assessment will be presented in this scoping review.
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