An Comparative Study On The Effectiveness Of Interferential Therapy And Wax Therapy With Combination Of Maitland Exercise Technique In Freezing Stage Of Frozen Shoulder

Abstract

Background:Frozen shoulder is also known as adhesive capsulitis that can common in musculoskeletal disorder characterized by an pain and progressive restriction of shoulder joint motion, which can affect in age group of 40 to 60 which predominantly affect the shoulder range of motion. Typically it has three stages as freezing, frozen, and thrawing. In freezing stage it also painful stage during this stage pain have in worsened at night with movement and typically non specific leading to progressive limitation in both active and passive range of motion. Electro modality were used to treat the pain which one of the modality is interferential therapy used to treat pain at foremost while in superficially the wax therapy were infiltrate the heat into the tissue level to subsidy pain and helps to loosen up tissue adhesion, to improve the joint range of motion, Maitland exercise were get performed according the grade, which had upto grade 5.

Methods:The study design was a convenient sampling, 30 patients were selected from Aarupadai Veedu Medical College and Hospital, Pondicherry. They were Allocated randomly into two groups, Group A(N=15) Interferential therapy with Maitland exercise. Group B(N=15) Wax therapy with Maitland exercise. The outcome measure VAS and SPADI were measured in Pre and Post test for 8-week period.

Result:Data Analysis was done according to paired ‘t’ test between the groups A & B calculating with 5% of significance. The statistical interpretation of mean and standard deviation shows the improvement in the Interferential therapy with Maitland exercise in patient with frozen shoulder.

Conclusion:This Study concludes that The Interferential therapy with Maitland exercise for Group A shows more significant improvement in patients with frozen shoulder in freezing stagethan Group B.