Physiotherapy after subacromial decompression surgery: development of a standardised exercise intervention.
This paper describes the development and details of a standardised physiotherapy exercise intervention designed to address pain and disability in patients with difficulty returning to usual activities after arthroscopic decompression surgery for subacromial impingement syndrome. To develop the intervention, the literature was reviewed with respect to the effectiveness of postoperative exercises, components of previous exercise programmes were extracted, and input from clinical physiotherapists in the field was obtained through a series of workshops. The physiotherapy exercise intervention is currently being evaluated within the framework of the Shoulder Intervention Project (ISRCTN55768749).
Danish Ramazzini Centre, Department of Occupational Medicine, Regional Hospital West Jutland-University Research Clinic, Gl. Landevej 61, 7400 Herning, Denmark. Electronic address: David.Christiansen@vest.rm.dk.
David Høyrup
DH
Christiansen
Pain Clinic, Center for Anesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine University Hospital Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str. 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany; Department of Neurorehabilitation Engineering, Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology (BFNT), Göttingen Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN), University Medical Center Göttingen Georg-August University, Von-Siebold-Str. 6, 37075 Göttingen, Germany.
Deborah
D
Falla
Danish Ramazzini Centre, Department of Occupational Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Nørrebrogade 44, Building 2C, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
Poul
P
Frost
Orthopedic Department, Odense University Hospital, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense, Denmark.
Lars Henrik
LH
Frich
Danish Ramazzini Centre, Department of Occupational Medicine, Regional Hospital West Jutland-University Research Clinic, Gl. Landevej 61, 7400 Herning, Denmark.
Susanne Wulff
SW
Svendsen
D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012107:Research Design; D019534:Shoulder Impingement Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*
Acromioplasty; Exercise; Physiotherapy; Rehabilitation; Shoulder; Subacromial decompression; Subacromial impingement syndrome