Effect of Intensive Scapular Control Training on Post-stroke Shoulder Pain
LEI Cong-jie
ZHONG Hui
SHEN Xiao-hua
WEI Qing-chuan
GAO Qiang
Abstract：Objective To observe the effect of intensive scapular control training on pain, upper limb motor function and activities of daily living (ADL) in patients with post-stroke shoulder pain. Methods 58 patients with hemiplegia after stroke were randomly assigned into routine exercise group (group A, n=27) and intensive scapular control training group (group B, n=31). They were assessed with visual ana-logue scale for pain, simplified Fugl-Meyer Assessment and modified Bathel Index before and 8 weeks after treatment. Results All the as-sessment appeared better in group B than in group A after treatment (P<0.05). Conclusion Intensive scapular control training can promote the recovery of motor function and ADL, relieve the pain in patients with post-stroke shoulder pain.
Keywords：strokehemiplegiashoulder painscapular control trainingrehabilitation
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 826-829 )