Bowen Technique Versus Dynamic Soft Tissue Mobilization on Pain, Range of Motion and Functional Disability in Patients With Adhesive Capsulitis

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF LAHORE · Jul 1, 2025

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This clinical trial is studying two different treatments to help people with adhesive capsulitis, which is also called frozen shoulder. This condition causes pain and stiffness in the shoulder, making it hard to move. The study aims to compare the effects of a special hands-on therapy called the Bowen Technique with another therapy called Dynamic Soft Tissue Mobilization, both combined with usual physical therapy, to see which helps reduce pain, improve shoulder movement, and make daily activities easier.

People who might be eligible for this study are adults between 50 and 80 years old who have adhesive capsulitis related to diabetes and are in certain stages of the condition (called frozen or thawing stages). If you join, you will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: one group will receive the Bowen Technique along with standard therapies like heat treatment, gentle electrical stimulation, and specific shoulder exercises, while the other group will get the standard therapies plus the other hands-on therapy. Both groups will have 12 treatment sessions over about four weeks. The person measuring your progress won’t know which treatment you received, to keep the results fair. If you have had recent shoulder surgery, other shoulder problems, or certain medical treatments, you may not qualify. This study is currently looking for participants and is being conducted at the University of Lahore Teaching Hospital.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Diagnosed patients of 50-80 years of age
• • Grade 2 \& 3 (frozen and thawing) adhesive capsulitis
• • patients willing to participate in the study
• • Only diabetic patients
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Major mental health probleme
• • Patients who has a history of surgery on the shoulder, other shoulder diseases including a rotator cuff tear, sub acromial impingement syndrome, and a shoulder labral tear
• • Patients taking oral or intra-articular steroids and cortisone injection prior 3 months
• • Subjects with rotator cuff tears or other shoulder ligament injuries, H/O arthritis related to shoulder, malignancy, adhesive capsulitis secondary to fractures, dislocation, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, neurological disorder