title: Pain relief due to physiotherapy doesn't change the motor function of the shoulder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of different training methods in physiotherapy on pain relief and change in proprioception and kinesthesia of the shoulder. Further, the connections between pain relief and change in motor function of the shoulder will be investigated.
  
  
  METHODS
  Randomised trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ambulatory care.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two groups of unspecific shoulder pain patients (group1 n = 12, group2 n = 10). One group (n = 8) of non-symptomatic subjects.
  
  
  METHODS
  The first shoulder-pain group was trained using flexible foil, whilst flexible bands were used to train the patients in the second group. Training period was 12 weeks.
  
  
  METHODS
  Pain of the shoulder was evaluated through functional pain assessment (Constant-Murley score) before, halfway through and after intervention. Proprioceptive and kinaesthetic ability was measured by an active-active angle-replication test for the shoulder before and after intervention. The data of the shoulder patients was compared to the group of non-symptomatic subjects.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pain was reduced significantly in both groups (p < .05) whereas no changes were measured for the ability to replicate angles of the shoulder.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This suggests that pain relief in the shoulder is not associated with enhancement of the investigated parameters in motor function.
authors.affiliation: Forschungsgesellschaft für angewandte Systemsicherheit und Arbeitsmedizin mbH, Zentrum für Bewegungstherapie, Dubliner Straße 12, 99091 Erfurt, Germany. falk.moerl@apz-erfurt.de
authors.forename: Falk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mörl
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matkey
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bretschneider
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bernsdorf
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bradl
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011434:Proprioception; D020069:Shoulder Pain / Q000473:pathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D016896:Treatment Outcome