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Effectiveness of shoulder symptom modification approaches in managing patients with frozen shoulder: study protocol for a randomized sham-controlled trial

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Published Online: 2026-04-16

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Authors

Seemab, Ayesha

Arulsingh, Watson https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4387-0818
Muthukrishnan, Ramprasad

Kandakurti, Praveen Kumar

Saiyad, Roohin
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Article History

Received: 11 August 2025

Accepted: 16 March 2026

First Online: 16 April 2026

Declarations

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: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB/COHS/STD/112/Dec-2024) of Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates. Following ethical approval in December 2024, the recruitment of the participant took from January to July 2024 at Thumbay Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Hospital and Thumbay Hospital Ajman, in United Arab Emirates. The participants were enrolled in the trial under the ethical principles aligned with the Declaration of Helsinki.

: The authors affirm that written informed consent for publication of the details, images, or other personal data included in this manuscript was obtained from the individual participant. Written informed consent for publication was obtained from the participant for inclusion of their details and images in this manuscript.

: The authors declare that they have no competing financial interests or content of manuscript pertaining to this paper.

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