Effects of a Newly Developed Therapeutic Deep Heating Device Using High Frequency in Patients with Shoulder Pain and Disability: A Pilot Study

Table 4

Comparison of outcome parameters between the two deep heat treatment groups.

	HIPER-500® ()	SonoStim® ()	value
V1-V2
VAS-P1	1.39 ± 1.24	1.69 ± 1.30	0.488
VAS-P2	1.89 ± 1.47	1.94 ± 1.29	0.431
VAS-P3	1.06 ± 1.35	1.25 ± 1.53	0.798
UCLA score	−5.39 ± 3.47	−3.25 ± 4.37	0.175
SPADI-total	16.98 ± 12.85	14.51 ± 13.68	0.448
Constant-total	−10.32 ± 11.63	−11.69 ± 7.69	0.692
V1–V3
VAS-P1	1.72 ± 1.81	2.00 ± 1.83	0.659
VAS-P2	2.72 ± 1.64	2.38 ± 1.89	0.570
VAS-P3	1.28 ± 1.78	1.63 ± 2.25	0.619
UCLA score	−4.61 ± 3.82	−3.31 ± 4.25	0.355
SPADI-total	19.49 ± 15.33	16.77 ± 14.60	0.600
Constant-total	−11.37 ± 10.15	−15.96 ± 10.71	0.208

VAS, Visual Analogue Scale; VAS-P1, VAS pain at the current moment; VAS-P2, VAS pain with shoulder movement; VAS-P3, VAS pain in the resting position of the shoulder; UCLA score, University of California at Los Angeles score; SPADI, Shoulder Pain and Disability Index; V1, visit 1; V2, visit 2; V3, visit 3.