The Effectiveness of Self-thoracic Spine Mobilization on Improving Sleep Quality in Patients Who Have Shoulder Pain
| Status: | Active, not recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Orthopedic |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Orthopedics / Podiatry |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 89 |
| Updated: | 6/1/2018 |
| Start Date: | February 20, 2017 |
| End Date: | May 1, 2019 |
This project aims to study the impacts of self-thoracic spine and rib mobilization on sleep
quality in patients who present to UTSW physicians with shoulder pain. The investigators plan
to randomize participants into treatment and control groups, but the investigators will
provide education on sleep hygiene for each group. The treatment group will also receive
instruction to mobilize their thoracic spine and ribs each night before going to sleep.
quality in patients who present to UTSW physicians with shoulder pain. The investigators plan
to randomize participants into treatment and control groups, but the investigators will
provide education on sleep hygiene for each group. The treatment group will also receive
instruction to mobilize their thoracic spine and ribs each night before going to sleep.
Subjects with a chief complaint of musculoskeletal pain will be recruited from clinics in the
Departments of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Orthopedic Surgery. Subjects will be
randomized into either the intervention or control group. The intervention group will receive
education on sleep hygiene and instruction to use a foam roller to mobilize the thoracic
spine and ribs just before the subject goes to sleep. The control group will receive
education on sleep hygiene. Valid and reliable measures will be used to assess sleep quality
(Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index), pain (Numeric Pain Rating Scale), and function (SF-36 and
ASES), as well as a sleep diary. Measures will be taken at baseline as well as two weeks
after the subject's enrollment in the study.
Departments of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and Orthopedic Surgery. Subjects will be
randomized into either the intervention or control group. The intervention group will receive
education on sleep hygiene and instruction to use a foam roller to mobilize the thoracic
spine and ribs just before the subject goes to sleep. The control group will receive
education on sleep hygiene. Valid and reliable measures will be used to assess sleep quality
(Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index), pain (Numeric Pain Rating Scale), and function (SF-36 and
ASES), as well as a sleep diary. Measures will be taken at baseline as well as two weeks
after the subject's enrollment in the study.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Shoulder pain with associated sleeping disturbance
- Between the ages of 18-89
- Present to the clinics in the Departments of Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, and
Orthopedic Surgery at UTSW
Exclusion Criteria:
- non-English speakers
- chronic pain or rheumatic disorders
- unstable psychopathology, cognitive impairment (including dementia)
- current or recent history (within 6 months) of substance abuse disorders
- recent history of surgery or fracture to the cervical spine, thoracic spine, ribs, or
shoulders (within 6 months)
- metabolic bone disease (including osteoporosis)
- fusion or ankyloses
- osteomyelitis, pregnancy, vertebral basilar insufficiency, neoplastic disease,
malignancy in the area of treatment
- actively treated for sleep disorders (including insomnia)
- uncontrolled congestive heart failure, COPD, hypertension, or other serious medical
illness
We found this trial at
1
site
Dallas, Texas 75390
Principal Investigator: Jason Zafereo, PT, MPT
Phone: 214-648-1002
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