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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2106</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>EFFICACY OF DEEP TRANSVERSE FRICTION MASSAGE ON SUPRASPINATUS TENDINITIS - A&#13;
RANDOMIZED PILOT TRIAL STUDY&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>.Karvannan</surname><given-names>H</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>R.D.Chakravarty</surname><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>V.Prem</surname><given-names/></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume/><issue/><fpage>89</fpage><lpage>95</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Background Deep transverse friction massage (DTFM) is a technique popularized by Dr. James Cyriax for pain and inflammation relief in musculoskeletal conditions. The study aimed to assess the efficacy of DTMF on treating patients with supraspinatus tendinitis (SST) of the shoulder joint.&#13;
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Methodology A total 20 participants__ampersandsignlsquo; (n=20) were met the inclusion criteria and were randomly allocated into the study and the control group in this pilot trial. A Pretest and Posttest measurement of Visual Analog Scale and Active Pain free shoulder Range of Motion was documented before and after the trial , Study group underwent DTMF , Therapeutic ultrasound, shoulder stabilization and strengthening exercises, the Control group underwent therapeutic ultrasound , shoulder stabilization and strengthening exercise. Dependent __ampersandsignlsquo;t__ampersandsignlsquo; test was used to show the effectiveness of interventions between groups.The data were analysed using SPSS 16.0 version (SPSS Inc., Chicago, Illinois, USA)&#13;
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Results Both the groups showed the significant reduction in the intensity of pain and increase in Active pain free Range of Motion of the shoulder Joint. The obtained ?t__ampersandsignlsquo; value with independent ?t__ampersandsignlsquo; test shows the study group is effective than control group.&#13;
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Conclusion Our results showed improvements on pain severity, and ROM of the patients SST with DTMF, therapeutic ultrasound and exercise. This study concludes DTMF are the valuable components in&#13;
the comprehensive rehabilitation of participants with SST of the shoulder joint.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Deep Transverse Friction Massage</kwd><kwd> Therapeutic ultrasound</kwd><kwd> Supraspinatus tendinitis</kwd><kwd> Visual Analog scale</kwd><kwd> Range of Motion</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
