Dynamic Splinting for Patients With Adhesive Capsulitis

Exclusion Criteria

• •Acute adhesive capsulitis
• •History of Diabetes Mellitus
• •Evidence of a cuff tear
• •Recent history of trauma
• •Evidence of glenohumeral DJD
• •History of shoulder surgery
• •Calcification of tendonitis demonstrated on a current X-Ray
• •Abnormal X-Ray
• •Cervical Radiculopathy/brachial plexus lesions
• •Less than 2+/5 muscle strength during mid-line manual muscle testing
• •Muscle Atrophy
• •Presence of associated systematic conditions
• •History of prior therapy for current condition
• •Manipulation under anesthesia
• •Non compliance
• •Shoulder-Hand syndrome, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
• •History of prior injections for the current problem
• •Patient receiving worker's compensation
• •Shoulder symptoms with cervical provocative testing
• •Positive X-ray findings in the acromioclavicular or sternoclavicular joints
• •Abnormal physical signs or symptoms in the A-C or S-C joint