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Effectiveness of Aquatic Therapy on Increasing Range of Motion and Decreasing Pain in the Rehabilitation of Patients with Shoulder Pathologies: A Systematic Review
David Kearney, SPT Ryan Lumia, SPT Evan Siegel, SPT Scott Szemenyei, SPT Peter Leininger, PT, PhD, OCS
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Definitions
● Aquatic therapy (AT): The use of water to facilitate the application of
established therapeutic interventions, including stretching, strengthening, joint
mobilization, balance and gait training, and endurance training1
● Rotator Cuff Repair (RCR): Surgical intervention to repair one or more
damaged or torn tendons of the shoulder girdle musculature
● Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (SIS): Pain and/or weakness with
elevation of the shoulder joint, where the supraspinatus tendon becomes
compressed between the head of the humerus and the coracoacromial arch2 2
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Overview
● Background ● Purpose ● Methods ● PRISMA ● Sackett Level ● Results ● Conclusions
● Limitations ● Discussion ● Clinical Relevance ● Future research ● Acknowledgements ● Reference
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Background
● Common causes of shoulder pathologies ○ Tendon inflammation
■ Rotator cuff tears ■ Tendonitis ■ Bursitis
○ Impingement ○ Instability
■ Dislocation/subluxation ○ Osteoarthritis ○ Fracture ○ SLAP tear ○ Adhesive capsulitis
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Background cont.
RCR3
● Incidence: >250,000 repairs per year ● Affects >40% of US population over 60
years of age ● Surgical Options
○ Open ○ Arthroscopic
● Recovery ○ Immobilization for 4-6 weeks ○ Passive exercise following
immobilization ○ Strengthening at 8-12 weeks
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Shoulder Impingement4
● Incidence: 44-65% of all shoulder pain complaints
● Surgical Options ○ Open ○ Arthroscopic decompression
● Other treatment options ○ PT ○ Medication
■ Analgesic, steroid ○ Rest
● Recovery ○ Surgical vs. non-surgical
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Background cont. ● Aquatic therapy is most effective when using properties of water including
○ Buoyancy, viscosity, hydrostatic pressure5
● Allows patient to start rehab earlier without compromising tissue or bone ○ Land based therapies traditionally wait until structures can tolerate forces of gravity6
● Warm water has been shown to decrease pain and increase relaxation,
allowing patient to work in larger ranges and prevent compensatory
movements5
● Hydrostatic pressure provides pressure in all directions, increasing joint
stability5 6
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Background cont.
● Aquatic therapy has been shown to improve rate of return to prior level of
activity6
● Improved benefits shown with hands on technique and 1 to 1 treatment
sessions6
● Beneficial for early on education and retraining of stabilization and
functional movement pattern5,6
● Prevents delay in rehab, starting with early on low doses of therapy ○ Results in improved outcomes6
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Purpose
To determine the effectiveness of aquatic therapy on increasing range of motion (ROM) and decreasing pain in
adults with shoulder pathologies.
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Methods
● Search Terms:
○ (Aquatic therapy OR hydrotherapy OR aquatic exercise OR water
exercise) AND (rotator cuff OR shoulder injury) AND (Physical therapy
or Physiotherapy)
● Search Engines:
○ Google Scholar, MEDLINE/PubMed, Proquest Central, Science
Direct, PT NOW
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Methods cont.
Inclusion Criteria:
● Adults 18 years or older
● Diagnosis of shoulder injury including rotator cuff repair or shoulder
impingement syndrome
● Intervention including aquatic therapy and a measure of range of motion
outcomes 10
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PRISMA In
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ligib
ility
Records Identified by Database Searches
(n=644)
Records after duplicates removed (n=635)
Records Screened (n=635)
Full text articles assessed for eligibility (n=8)
Studies included for review qualitative synthesis (n=4)
Records identified by hand searching (n=7)
Records excluded (n=627)
Full text articles excluded (n=4) ● Subjects are not adults
(<18 years age) (1) ● Systematic Reviews (2) ● Articles not within the last 10
years (1)
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Quality Assessment
Author (Year) Sackett Level of Evidence Study Design
Subasi2 (2012) 1B RCT
Klintberg7 (2009) 1B RCT
Brady6 (2008) 2B Non-randomized cohort
study
Burmaster3 (2016) 3B Case-controlled study
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Results
● Four articles met selection criteria
○ Three studies looked specifically at rotator cuff repair
○ One study included shoulder impingement syndrome
● Sample sizes ranged from 1 to 57 subjects (90 total) and ages (26-73), all with
full thickness RCR or SIS
● Treatment for RCR varied from 2-3x/week with a duration of 6 weeks (2B) and
12 weeks (3B)
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Results Cont.
● Outcome measures included:
○ ROM
○ Visual Analog Scale
○ Pain Disability
Questionnaire
○ QuickDASH
○ SPADI
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○ Penn Shoulder Score
○ Perceived Wellness Survey
○ Western Ontario Rotator
Cuff Index
○ Likert Scale
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Results Cont.
● One study (1B) continued until subjects returned to prior level of function
(PLOF). The 1B study was conducted over a 2-year span. The Shoulder
Impingement Syndrome (SIS) study (1B) consisted of 20 days of
continuous therapy with AT beginning at day 10.
● ROM increases were seen in both 1B studies and the 2B study.
● All studies showed statistically significant decreases in pain with early AT.
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Limitations
● Limited number of randomized control trials
● Mix of land based and AT based therapy
● Varied outcome measures used throughout studies
● Small sample sizes
● Length of interventions varied 16
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Conclusions
● Moderate to strong preliminary evidence (1B,1B, 2B, 3B) suggesting use of
AT as an adjunct to land based therapy to improve ROM and decrease
pain following RCR and SIS
● Early implemented AT has demonstrated earlier return to funtional activity
compared to land based interventions alone
● AT was found to improve sleep quality and function
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Clinical Relevance
● Clinicians should consider AT as a complementary treatment to a standard
land-based protocol
● Early-administered water-based exercise program allows for patients to
achieve greater ROM by unweighting the arm incorporating the property of
buoyancy
● Allows for early increases in ROM and greater functionality
● Evidence demonstrates increased ROM and decreased pain with
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Future Research
● Future research is needed to identify the optimal protocol to be used to
increase ROM and decrease pain
● Further research is necessary to determine the most appropriate time to
transition from aquatic to land based therapy
● Randomized control trials with a larger sample size to allow for more
extensive comparisons of traditional land based and aquatic based
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Acknowledgments
● Thank you ○ Peter Leininger, PT, PhD, OCS
○ Renée Hakim, PT, PhD, NCS
○ Tracey Collins, PT, PhD, M.B.A., GCS
○ John Sanko, PT, Ed.D.
○ University of Scranton Physical Therapy Department
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Questions?
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References
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Turk J Phys Med Rehab. 2012; 58:79-84 3. Burmaster C, Eckenrode BJ, Stiebel M. Early incorporation of an evidence-based aquatic-assisted approach to arthroscopic
rotator cuff repair rehabilitation: Prospective case study. Phys Ther. 2016;96(1):53-61. 4. De Yang Tien J, Hwee Chye Tan A. Shoulder Impingement Syndrome, A Common Affliction of the Shoulder: A Comprehensive
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