Shoulder capsulitis is a painful condition affecting between 2 - 5% of the adult population.
Therefore it is important that the movement measured is reproducible without much variation, independent of instrument being used. ROM is often used as an outcome measure in studies observing effect of intervention in stiff joints and in shoulder pain. Range of motion (ROM) in the shoulder joint is among the commonly used clinical criteria for diagnostic purposes and to monitor effectiveness of given treatment. This method can reliably determine passive range of motion in this patient population and be a reliable outcome measure. Intertester reliability between two testers was very good at three visits over a time period of eight weeks using a plurimeter to measure passive range of motion in patients with adhesive shoulder capsulitis. ICCs were slightly lower for the non-affected arm at 8 weeks, but with acceptable measurement errors. The measurement error was in general small for the affected arm (5°–7°). The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC 2.1) values ranged from 0.76 to 0.98, i.e. Very good to excellent intertester agreements were found for most parameters for the affected arm at all three test points. A predefined protocol was used for measuring passive range of motion with an inclinometer, a plurimeter, in both affected and non-affected shoulders three times at the start of the study and after 4 and 8 weeks. Methodsįifty patients with a clinical diagnosis of adhesive shoulder capsulitis were examined by two independent testers.
The aim of this study was to examine intertester reliability of passive ROM in the shoulder joint over a period of eight weeks in patients with adhesive capsulitis stage II.
#Passive range of motion trial#
To what degree passive ROM can be trusted as a reliable outcome measure was examined as part of an on-going randomized controlled trial for patients with shoulder capsulitis. Measuring range of motion (ROM) in the shoulder joint is important for the diagnosis and monitoring of change over time.
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