Electrical muscle stimulation for the treatment of functional posterior shoulder instability

• Applicant: Privatdozent Dr. Doruk Akgün, since 2/2022
• Subject Area: Orthopaedics, Traumatology, Reconstructive Surgery
• Term: from 2019 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 417627116

• Final Report Year: 2024

Final Report Abstract

NMES-enhanced physical therapy leads to statistically significant and clinically relevant improvement of outcomes in the treatment of functional posterior shoulder instability compared to conventional physical therapy alone. Even patients with prior unsatisfactory results after conventional physical therapy show a significant benefit after secondary NMES-enhanced physical therapy. Based on the results of this study, NMES-enhanced physical therapy should be preferred over conventional physical therapy for the treatment of patients with FPSI.

Publications

• Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation–Enhanced Physical Therapist Intervention for Functional Posterior Shoulder Instability (Type B1): A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. Physical Therapy, 104(1).
  Moroder, Philipp; Karpinski, Katrin; Akgün, Doruk; Danzinger, Victor; Gerhardt, Christian; Patzer, Thilo; Tauber, Mark; Wellmann, Mathias; Scheibel, Markus; Boileau, Pascal; Lambert, Simon; Porcellini, Giuseppe & Audige, Laurent