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ated with functional impairment and disability of the shoulder. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Vojta therapy (VT) tech-niques compared with standard therapy (ST) in patients with subacro-mial IS. A randomized controlled trial was performed, with 60 patients with IS (mean age, 61±12 years) randomized into two groups: ST (n=30) and ST plus Vojta therapy (SVT, n=30). Both received 15 treatment ses-sions over 4 weeks. Outcome measures included pain intensity, func-tionality, joint range of motion (RoM), strength, and quality of life mea-surements. The efficacy of both treatments was analysed, both com-paratively and separately, immediately after completion of treatment and after 3 months. After the intervention, both groups showed statisti-cally significant differences in visual analogue scale (P=0.001), RoM (P<0.01), and strength (P<0.001), which were also seen 3 months after the intervention. SVT is more efficient in both the short and medium term in reducing pain, improving functionality, increasing articular RoM and strength, and offering a better quality of life in IS patients.