EFFECTIVENESS OF DRY NEEDLING AND MAITLAND MANUAL THERAPY TECHNIQUE IN TREATMENT OF FROZEN SHOULDER

Abstract Aims: To examine the therapeutic efficiency of dry needling and Maitland manual therapy in frozen shoulder treatment. Design: A randomized control experiment. Settings and Design: Body Expert physical therapy clinic, Karachi, Nine Month. Methods and Material: 30 individuals with diagnosed frozen shoulder with ROM (Range of motion) flexion less than 95%. The shoulder pain and disability index was used to assess the efficiency of Maitland dry needling therapy. Group A treated with Maitland, while Group B was treated with dry needling for Six weeks. Data were analyzed by SPSS. 48.33% were males, and 51.66% were females who participated in the study. SPADI (shoulder pain and disability index) tool before and after therapy was found to be statistically significant at a p-value of 0.05. Pre and post-VAS (visual analog scale) tools also showed statistically significant at p value 0.005. The pre-and post-flexion range in angel also showed significant variations at a p-value of 0.005. Statistical analysis used: Data was analyzed by SPSS. Results: Both dry needling and Maitland were found to be effective in frozen shoulder patients. Conclusions: It was discovered after the final data evaluation that both groups significantly improved with time. Variations in the pre-and post-intervention VAS, SPADI, and flexion angle range values were revealed by statistical analysis