What this means
This trial will compare nunchaku exercises with standard exercises for frozen shoulder. It has not reported any results yet, so we do not know if it works.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 45 and over
- Where
- 1 site
The science
- Registered title
- Effects of Nunchaku Exercise for Improving Frozen Shoulder
- Trial ID
- NCT07486193 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Adhesive Capsulitis
- What is tested
- Shoulder Mobilization and Stretching Exercise (SMSE), Nunchaku Exercise
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Ages
- 45 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Mar 20, 2026 · updated Apr 17, 2026
Registry summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate if nunchaku exercise works to treat adhesive capsulitis, or frozen shoulder in middle-aged or older adults. It will also learn about the adherence of this exercise intervention. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Does practicing nunchaku exercises help reduce shoulder pain and improve shoulder movement?
- Do people stick with nunchaku exercises better, and spend more time practicing on their own, compared with standard exercises for alleviating frozen-shoulder?
Researchers will compare nunchaku exercise to standard exercises for alleviating frozen-shoulder to see if nunchaku exercise works to alleviate frozen shoulder.
Participants will:
- Join small group exercise classes for 12 weeks, doing either nunchaku based exercises or standard exercises designed to help relieve frozen shoulder.
- Have their shoulder pain and movement checked three times:
- before training
- after 6 weeks of training,
- after finishing the 12 week program, and
- 12 weeks after the program ends.
- Keep a record of their home practice time.
Sites (1)
- Department of Sports Science and Physical Education, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong