NCT05584345

EFFECTS OF BREATHING EXERCISES ON PAIN AND FUNCTIONALITY IN ROTATOR CUFF TEARS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Completed NA Last updated 8 December 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Conventional Treatment and manual therapy in Rotator Cuff Syndrome in 30 participants. Completed in 3 July 2023.

Timeline

30 October 2022

Primary endpoint
3 July 2023

3 July 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	30
Start date	30 October 2022
Primary completion	3 July 2023
Estimated completion	3 July 2023
Sites	1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

• Conventional Treatment and manual therapy
• Manual therapy and Respiratory Exercises

Conditions studied

• Rotator Cuff Syndrome — all drugs for Rotator Cuff Syndrome →

Sponsor

Istanbul Medipol University Hospital

Who can join

Adults 18 to 65, any sex, with Rotator Cuff Syndrome. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

As it causes pain and disability in individuals with rotator cuff lesions, which is one of the most common causes of shoulder pain, it affects performance in activities of daily living. Shoulder pain significantly affects the quality of life of individuals. The aim of conventional treatment in Rotator Cuff injuries is to reduce the inflammation in the area and to enable the shoulder to perform its normal functions. Conventional treatment is to restore muscle balance in the shoulder area. Muscle balance is achieved by strengthening the teres minor, infraspinatus, and subscapularis, which are also the humeral head depressors, and by strengthening the serratus anterior, levator scapula. For strengthening, the shoulder must have a full range of motion. In our study, stretching exercises, cold pack, Ultrasound, TENS, wand, and Codman exercises, which are classical physiotherapy methods, will be applied to all three groups. There are also studies in the literature investigating the effects of traditional physiotherapy methods on individuals with shoulder Rotator Cuff syndrome. The benefits of breathing exercises on pain, shoulder joint range of motion, and balance have all been researched in the literature. Increased diaphragm activity also guarantees that posture and body positions are maintained healthily. Diaphragm activity generally alters how an individual perceives pain. Diaphragmatic breathing is a therapeutic approach for musculoskeletal disorders.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.