The goal of the current study is to evaluate the effects of pectoralis minor stretching and strengthening with mobility and stability exercises in patients aged 40-70 years with adhesive capsulitis. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does the combination of pectoralis minor stretching and strengthening with mobility and stability exercises significantly reduce shoulder pain compared to mobility and stability exercises only? Does the combination of pectoralis minor stretching and strengthening with mobility and stability exercises improve scapular dyskinesis (scapular movement patterns) and thoracic expansion more effectively than mobility and stability exercises? Participants will be assigned to either an experimental group receiving pectoralis minor stretching and strengthening exercises with mobility and stability exercises or a control group receiving mobility and stability exercises only, and will complete standardized assessments of shoulder pain, scapular dyskinesis (scapular movement patterns) and thoracic expansion before and after the intervention.
Age: 40 - 70 years
Gender: Both Male & Female
Clinical diagnosis of adhesive capsulitis (Thawing stage).
Reduced thoracic expansion.
Presence of rotator cuff tear, labral tears, or glenohumeral arthritis confirmed through imaging
Post-stroke hemiparesis,
Winged scapula due to lesions of long thoracic nerve or spinal accessory nerve.
Rotator cuff repair
Lahore University of Biological and Applied Sciences
Lead sponsor