TO STUDY THE EFFECTIVENESS OF G.D MAITLAND MOBILIZATION VERSUS LASER THERAPY IN ADHESIVE CAPSULITIES

Abstract

Background: Adhesive Capsulit is (also know n as frozen shoulder) is a disorder w it h great ly rest rict ed m ot ion and chronic pain. Alt hough m any t reat m ent have show n significant benefit but role of physical t herapy in init ial st age found t o be effect ive. The aut hors present a prospect ive random ized st udy t o show t he effect iveness of G.D.M ait land m obilizat ion versus Laser Therapy in Adhesive Capsulit is. M ethodology: 20 subjects suffering from frozen shoulder w ere random ized int o tw o t reat m ent groups. Group A subject s w ere given hot pack and M ait land m obilizat ion w it h exercises and Group B w it h Laser t herapy and supervised exercises. Pat ient s w ere assessed using VAS, SPADI and ROM (flexion, ext ension, abduct ion ext ernal rot at ion and int ernal rot at ion) scores. Result: It show s t hat t he variable scores for all t he variables im proved significant ly in bot h t he groups nam ely M ait land t herapy group as w ell as LASER t herapy group. But it w as found t hat in " 0 day versus 30 days", " 30 vs 90 days" as w ell as t he " 0 day versus 90 days" t he im provem ent w as m uch higher in t he M ait land t herapy group. Conclusion: Thus conclude t hat t he LASER and M ait land's m obilizat ion w as effect ive at reducing pain int ensit y and rest oring shoulder funct ion for people w it h adhesive capsulit is. The im provem ent of t he funct ional scores and associat ed disabilit y perform ance w as m uch higher in t he M ait land m obilizat ion group w hile com pared t o the LASER t reat ment group.