Can retraining the brain unlock a frozen shoulder?
NCT ID NCT07763366
First seen Aug 13, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether adding pain neuroscience education and graded motor imagery to standard physiotherapy can improve pain, movement, and fear of movement in people with type 2 diabetes and frozen shoulder. Fifty adults aged 40-65 with diabetic adhesive capsulitis will receive either the combined approach or conventional physiotherapy alone. The study measures pain intensity, shoulder disability, range of motion, and quality of life to see if these brain-focused techniques offer extra benefit.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Pain Neuroscience Education and Graded Motor Imagery combined with conventional physiotherapy
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this combined approach could offer a better way to manage frozen shoulder in people with diabetes, reducing pain and fear of movement while improving shoulder function and quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial, so results may not apply to everyone. The added benefit of these educational and imagery techniques over standard physiotherapy is not yet proven, and individual responses may vary.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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40 to 65 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed cases of adhesive capsulitis (Stage I or II) * Diagnosed with Type II Diabetes Mellitus * Age between 40-65 years * Shoulder pain lasting more than 3 months * Limited shoulder range of motion. Exclusion Criteria: * Previous shoulder surgery * History of fracture or dislocation of shoulder * Cervical radiculopathy * Neurological disorders * Severe diabetic complications * Cognitive impairments.
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Conditions
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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IIMCT-Railway General Hospital
Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, 46000, Pakistan
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RIPHAH International hospital Islamabad
Islamabad, Capital Territory, 44000, Pakistan
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