ArticleBritish journal of sports medicine2014
Effect of specific exercise strategy on need for surgery in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome: randomised controlled study.
Article in British journal of sports medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 5 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
The POST Study; POsterior Shoulder Tightness in Rotator Cuff Related Disorders: A Randomised Controlled Feasibility Study
The Effects of Different Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Patterns on Pain, Postural Changes and Functionality in Patients With Subacromial Impingement Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Digitally Delivered Exercise and Education Treatment for Shoulder Pain: 3 Months Follow-up
Investigation of the Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation in Individuals With Rotator Cuff Tear
Digital Physiotherapy Treatment for Patients With Subacromial Pain Compared to Traditional Physiotherapy Treatment in Primary Care - a Non-Inferiority Randomised Controlled Trial
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 113 citations in OpenAlex.
- Specific modes of exercise to improve rotator cuff-related shoulder pain: systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Pooled it
- 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
- Hand exercise for women with rheumatoid arthritis and decreased hand function: an exploratory randomized controlled trial.Arthritis research & therapy · 2019Trial
- The Effectiveness of an Upper Extremity Neuromuscular Training Program on the Shoulder Function of Military Members With a Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Military medicine · 2019Trial
- Clinical and Metabolic Predictors of Response to Focused Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy in Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Functional Outcome of Arthroscopic Single-row Rotator Cuff Repair Using the PENN Shoulder Score - A Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2025Article
- The Human Disharmony Loop: The Anatomic Source Behind Subacromial Impingement and Pain.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Investigating the effects of closed kinetic chain exercises on joint position sense, functionality, range of motion, and pain in individuals with distal radius fracture: a randomized controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Effect of Tear Size and Location on Supraspinatus Tendon Strain During Activities of Daily Living and Physiotherapy.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2024Article
- Effects of Ultrasound-Guided Injection Combined with a Targeted Therapeutic Exercise in Breast Cancer Women with Subacromial Pain Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- The influence of exercise on clinical pain and pain mechanisms in patients with subacromial pain syndrome.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2022Article
- Scapular Retraction under Adduction Load: An Alternative to Overhead Exercises to Activate Infraspinatus, Upper, and Lower Trapezius in Subjects with and without Shoulder Pain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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- Physical therapy prehabilitation on a reverse total shoulder replacement candidate: a case study.Journal of physical therapy science · 2020Article
- Screening of the cervical spine in subacromial shoulder pain: A systematic review.Shoulder & elbow · 2019Review
- EXERCISE REHABILITATION IN THE NON-OPERATIVE MANAGEMENT OF ROTATOR CUFF TEARS: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2016Article
- THE EFFECT OF AXIOSCAPULAR AND ROTATOR CUFF EXERCISE TRAINING SEQUENCE IN PATIENTS WITH SUBACROMIAL IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME: A RANDOMIZED CROSSOVER TRIAL.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2016Article
- Lipids, adiposity and tendinopathy: is there a mechanistic link? Critical review.British journal of sports medicine · 2015Article
- Scapulothoracic muscle activity during kinetic chain variations of a prone elevation exercise.Brazilian journal of physical therapyArticle
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
study questionCan a specific exercise strategy improve shoulder function and pain in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome, thereby decreasing the need for arthroscopic subacromial decompression? SUMMARY ANSWER: Compared with a control exercise group, patients in the specific exercise group had significantly greater improvements in shoulder function and pain and fewer patients needed surgery at the three month assessment. WHAT IS KNOWN AND WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: Different exercise programmes are used as first line treatment in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome, but conclusive evidence to support the efficacy for these programmes is lacking. This specific exercise strategy proved effective in improving shoulder function and pain in patients in whom earlier conservative treatment had failed.
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