Treatment Using 448 kHz CRMRF in Subacromial Syndrome.

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA-LA MANCHA · Feb 2, 2020

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Shoulder pain has a high prevalence in our society, several studies estimate an annual prevalence between 5% and 47%. It is one of the main causes of musculoskeletal pain, particularly in third place, after the low back pain and neck pain.

Symptoms of pathologies of subacromial syndrome, where, regardless of origin, pain is the number one symptom for the patient, which emanates functional impairment and the impact on quality of life.

Among the non-pharmacological treatments of subacromial syndrome, a systematic review concludes that the first line of intervention should be a therapeutic e...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Patients between 18 and 70 years years old with diagnosis of subacromial syndrome
• • Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) less than or equal to 7.
• • Positive Neer and Hawkins test.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Clinical examination compatible with complete rotator cuff tear (Drop-arm positive test)
• • Fibromyalgia
• • Adhesive capsulitis
• • Be receiving physiotherapeutic treatment or have received it previously for this pathology one month before the start of treatment.
• • Patients with alterations of thermal sensitivity.
• * Derived from the absolute and relative contraindications of CRMRF:
• • Pacemaker
• • Thrombophlebitis
• • Pregnancy
• • Skin disorders (recent wounds or burns)