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The Acute Effects of Pragmatic Manual Therapy on the Range of Motion of Shoulder Joint

Current studies on the mechanism of subacromial impingement and other shoulder pathology reveal that multiple factors are responsible for impingement. These include serratus anterior dysfunction, rotator cuff insufficiency, posterior capsular tightness, acromioclavicular joint, thoracic spine stiffness and extensibility of the pectoralis minor and subclavius muscles. Manual intervention should therefore address these issues in conjunction with the other therapies. Novel interventions have been designed pilot tested for each of these factors to produce a healing environment. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of each individual factor and combination of all on the range of motion of shoulder joint in healthy subjects and subjects with a restricted range of motion of shoulder joint respectively. The subject will be allocated randomly into four groups with respect to objective 1 and each of the groups will be evaluated as a quasi-experiment design (pretest-posttest) for healthy each of 30 subjects. Beneficial intervention among the four trials and other previously reported beneficial in improving the shoulder joint range will be combined in and termed as pragmatic intervention protocols. Pragmatic interventions on subjects with the restricted range in shoulder pathology will be tested through a similar design. The effects of these interventions on the Quality of life measured through the Urdu version of Shoulder pain and disability in subjects with shoulder pathology will also be tested.

Start: April 2018
Implementation of an Early Rehabilitation Program for the Patient With Lung Transplantation: From the ICU to Home.

Introduction: Following pulmonary transplantation (PT), peripheral and respiratory muscle weakness, and associated global malfunction are some of the limiting factors in rapid recovery. Effective early implantation pulmonary rehabilitation programs are currently lacking. Objectives: To introduce an early rehabilitation program in the ICU after PT to see if there is an improvement in functionality, an increase in strength and muscle mass, an improvement in the strength of the respiratory muscles and a shorter hospitalization time in the ICU and in the ward. Methodology: A single-blind randomized clinical trial will be performed to divide patients with PT into one experimental group and another control group. Prior to the PT, those patients between the ages of 18 and 70 will be recruited, to be admitted to the ICU of Vall Hebron University Hospital, and who have been prescribed pulmonary rehabilitation with onset in the first 15 days after the surgery. The control group receives regular treatment in the ICU, which includes muscle strengthening exercises, passive/assisted or active mobilizations, and respiratory physiotherapy with breathing muscle strengthening in a medium load. The experimental group receives a new early rehabilitation program based on a patient's in-bed cycling that allows controlled and adapted training to the patient's situation, along with coordinated exercise with neuromuscular electrostimulation and respiratory physiotherapy with breathing muscle strengthening in a high load. Improvement will be observed through functional scales (6MWT), muscle dynamometry, manual muscle test (MRC-SumScore), bioimpedanciometry, inspiratory and maximal expiratory pressures, spirometry, frailty and sarcopenia tests and a long-term Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing. Expected Outcomes: Patients who perform the experimental group are expected to have an early discharge from the ICU and a reduction of the total hospital admission. Is also expected that the experimental group will improve the functional capacity and muscular strength, and they will have a lower risk of fragility in long term. It is also expected that the patients in the experimental group will soon be able to normalize their oxygen consumption a year after lung transplantation.

Start: May 2019