Comparison between Vibration and Standard Exercises on Shoulder Pain for Patients Post Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Comparative Study

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is one of the most commonly performed general surgical procedures worldwide, especially in Arab countries. About 35%60% of patients' experience shoulder pain after laparoscopy.Objective(s): To compare the effects of vibration and Standard exercises on shoulder pain in patients after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Methodology: A Comparative Study was carried out at the surgical wards of Al-Kindi Teaching Hospital and Baghdad Teaching Hospital. It started from 16th November, 2022 to 20th June, 2023. Seventy patients participated in this study to achieve the study objective. The interview method was chosen to collect the data.Results: The results of the data showed that all of the seventy patients with shoulder pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy had a severe pain level in the pre-test, while the results of the post-test of the application were at a statistically significant high level through the application of vibration and exercise, which effectively decreased shoulder pain. Conclusion: In this application, both vibration and exercises had a positive relationship in decreasing the intensity of shoulder pain, but vibration had a more significant and obvious role in relieving shoulder pain compared to exercises.Recommendations: The researcher recommended generalizing the results of the experiment to hospitals and surgical wards by applying the vibration and exercise trial to all patients after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.