Periarthritis of the shoulder is a chronic disease. The main symptoms are shoulder pain, extensive adhesion and limited mobility caused by aseptic inflammation of the surrounding tissues and joint capsules. Therefore, based on the problem of chronic shoulder inflammation, this paper explores the intervention effect of Taichi softball combined with infrared therapy on chronic shoulder inflammation. In this study, 120 patients with chronic shoulder scapulohumeral disease were randomly selected from our hospital. According to the difference of treatment methods, the experimental group (60) and the control group (60) were treated with Taiji softball combined with infrared therapy and conventional treatment. The experimental results show that the effect of the experimental group is better than that of the control group in terms of Ridit test, visual analogue scale (VAS) score before and after treatment, and treatment satisfaction between the two groups. Therefore, we can conclude that Taichi softball combined with infrared therapy has a good intervention effect on chronic shoulder inflammation.

Hengwei Ma. Intervention of Taichi Softball with Infrared Light Therapy for Chronic Shoulder Periarthritis. International Journal of Health and Pharmaceutical Medicine (2021), Vol. 2, Issue 3: 12-24. https://doi.org/10.38007/IJHPM.2021.020302.

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