1MPT, Senior Lecturer,
2MPT, PhD, Academic Director,
Frozen shoulder is a painful and debilitating condition with an incidence of 3% to 5% in the general population and up to 20% in those with diabetes. Physiotherapy has been found to be very effective in treatment of frozen shoulder. Cryoflow IR is a new advanced modality, which is the first cryotherapy device to cool down free surrounding air with a biofeedback system, thereby ensuring a constant temperature on a treated spot. Hence this study was conducted to compare the effect of moist hot pack and Cryoflow (IR Guided).
To study and compare the effect of Cryoflow (IR guided) and moist hot pack on pain and function in frozen shoulder.
15 patients of frozen shoulder were included by simple random sampling after taking ethical approval for the present study. The patients were then divided in two groups. Along with the conventional physiotherapy, patients in Group A were given moist hot pack; while in Group B Cryoflow (IR Guided) was given for 6 days/week for 4 weeks. Pre and post interventional outcome measures in terms of VAS score at rest, ROM and SPADI score were evaluated.
Both groups showed significant improvement when pre and post data were analyzed for all outcome measures (p< 0.05). Whereas between group comparison showed no significant difference.
It can be concluded that Conventional physiotherapy along with moist hot pack and conventional physiotherapy along with Cryoflow (IR guided), both are individually effective in relieving pain, improving range of motion and functional ability in patients with frozen shoulder.
Frozen shoulder, moist hot pack, Cryoflow (IR guided)
