Barriers and enablers to shoulder rehabilitation exercises
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Exploration of barriers and enablers to shoulder rehabilitation exercises.
IRAS ID
304051
Contact name
Vincent Singh
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of the West of England
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
N/A, N/A
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 12 days
Research summary
Shoulder pain is a common musculoskeletal condition with a 1-month population prevalence of 7%-26% and annual cost to the UK society of £100 million. Rotator cuff related disorders are the most common cause of shoulder pain and reported to account for 70% of cases. Advice, education and rehabilitative exercises are recommended as initial treatment for rotator cuff related shoulder pain and evidence demonstrates improvement in symptoms with specific exercise programmes. However, in practice, 50-70% of patients are either non-adherent or partially adherent to exercise and little is known about the factors influencing patient engagement.
Individualised exercise therapy and self-management techniques may enhance exercise adherence for chronic musculoskeletal pain. Understanding the factors that influence engagement with specific rehabilitation exercise will inform appropriate behaviour change techniques to include in a future clinical intervention.
The aim of this study is to gain an in-depth understanding of the barriers and facilitators to physiotherapist prescribed rehabilitation exercises for people with rotator cuff related shoulder pain and to inform the development of a theoretically informed intervention for people with this condition.
Individuals that have recently received physiotherapy for rotator cuff related shoulder pain will be invited to participate in semi-structured interviews to explore their experiences including the barriers and facilitators to the specific exercises.
The chief investigator from the University of the West of England, Bristol will be recruiting participants from NHS Trusts in West Yorkshire and Huddersfield.REC name
North of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 1
REC reference
22/NS/0049
Date of REC Opinion
12 Apr 2022
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion