1. Feasibility and efficacy of the Vojta therapy in subacromial impingement syndrome: a randomized controlled trial
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Olga Redondo-González, Jorge Lucas Torres de la Guía, Jorge Hugo Villafañe, María Lidia Juárez-Albuixech, Carmen Jiménez-Antona, and Inmaculada Tello-Díaz-Maroto
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medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Visual analogue scale ,Musculoskeletal disorder ,Pain ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,medicine.disease ,Medium term ,law.invention ,Subacromial impingement syndrome ,Quality of life ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Subacromial impingement ,Physical therapy ,Medicine ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,In patient ,Original Article ,Vojta therapy ,business ,Range of motion - Abstract
Subacromial impingement syndrome (IS) is a common disorder associated with functional impairment and disability of the shoulder. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Vojta therapy (VT) techniques compared with standard therapy (ST) in patients with subacromial IS. A randomized controlled trial was performed, with 60 patients with IS (mean age, 61±12 years) randomized into two groups: ST (n=30) and ST plus Vojta therapy (SVT, n=30). Both received 15 treatment sessions over 4 weeks. Outcome measures included pain intensity, functionality, joint range of motion (RoM), strength, and quality of life measurements. The efficacy of both treatments was analysed, both comparatively and separately, immediately after completion of treatment and after 3 months. After the intervention, both groups showed statistically significant differences in visual analogue scale (P=0.001), RoM (P
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- 2021