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Feasibility, Usability and Preliminary Efficacy of Home-based FES Fro Adhesive Capsulitis

Who can join

Ages 18 and older · All sexes

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age \> 18 years
2. Individuals diagnosed with shoulder adhesive capsulitis
3. Shoulder pain, limited shoulder mobility for more than 4 weeks, normal shoulder x-ray findings, and normal neurological exam
4. Can tolerate electrical stimulation

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Presence of shoulder tumors or bone lesions
2. History of shoulder fracture or subluxation
3. History of shoulder surgery
4. Severe osteoporosis,
5. Rheumatic disease
6. Radiating pain from cervical radiculopathy
7. Participation in other clinical trial, and/or intraarticular steroid injections within 6 weeks

About the study

The purpose of this study is to investigate the feasibility, usability and preliminary efficacy of a home-based Functional Electrical Stimulation(FES) in individuals with shoulder adhesive capsulitis. The main question it aims to answer is if combining home-based FES to usual therapy at the clinic will improve pain and improve function of the impaired shoulder.

What is being tested

• Home based FES in combination with usual therapy (device)

Sponsor: University of Maryland, Baltimore · Participants: 10 · Started: Jun 1, 2026

Contact the study team

• Sanjana Rao, PhD · Phone: 4438256349

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07227662

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.