EFFICACY OF ULTRASOUND WITH MAITLAND MOBILIZATION OVER SHORT WAVE DIATHERMY WITH MAITLAND MOBILIZATION IN IMPROVING THE FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF PATIENTS WITH PERIARTHRITIS OF SHOULDER

Objective: To investigate the effectiveness of ultrasound with Maitland mobilization over Short wave diathermy with Maitland mobilization in improving the functional performance of patients with Periarthritis of shoulder Design: A simple randomized controlled clinical trail Setting: The study was conducted in the department of physiotherapy in Ganga Hospital Coimbatore (India), Vinayaka Mission Hospital Salem (India). Subjects: 30 patients were selected randomly from the population using simple random sampling procedure (Lottery Method) and were divided into two equal groups. Intervention : The experimental group (n=15) were given Ultrasound with Maitland mobilization with 1 MHz in frequency, continuous mode and 1.5 W/cm2 of intensity with 5cm2 sized transducer for 10 minutes of treatment duration .The control group (n=15) were given Short wave diathermy with Maitland mobilization for period of 15 min with contra planar technique. Outcome measures: The functional performance was measured using Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) scale. Results: In Group-A (Experimental Group ) and Group-B (Control Group), all data was expressed as mean ± , SD and was statistically analysed using paired ‘t’ test and independent ‘t’ test to determine the statistical difference among the parameters at 0.5% level of significance. Statistical data of SPADI showed that, Group-A is significantly different from Group-B with p