Background and purpose:

Frozen shoulder is one of the most common conditions encountered by persons where there is global restrictions of the range of motion of shoulder joint There has been little evidence that alone GH mobilization is effective but shoulder complex mobilization will be more fruitful This is the comparative study to check whether GH joint mobilization alone is effective or whole shoulder complex (AC JT, SC JT, ST JT, GH JT) mobilization is effective.

Outcome measures:

1)      SPADI:  shoulder pain and disability index :– to assess the pain and disability of patient

2)      VAS : visual analogue scale:– to asses pain

Method:

50 participants will be recruited for the study. All the participants will be screened for inclusion criteria. Participants following into inclusion criteria will then be divided into 2 groups

Group A: Glenohumeral joint mobilization along with general exercises and IFT

Group B: Shoulder complex mobilization along with exercises and IFT

Both groups will be treated for 4 weeks. All the participants of both the groups were then assessed for outcome measures pre and post intervention.

Result:

Intragroup comparison of VAS and SPADI showed significant improvement in both the groups. But in intergroup comparison VAS with p=0.036 and SPADI with p=0.000, Group B showed significant improvement in improving function and reduction of pain in frozen shoulder.

Conclusion:

 The study concluded that both interventions: glenohumeral mobilization and shoulder complex mobilization are effective in improving function and reduction of pain, but statistically & clinically shoulder complex (AC,SC,ST,SC joint) mobilization are more effective than glenohumeral mobilization.