Tailored versus standard strengthening rehabilitation for patients with shoulder pain: a feasibility trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Shoulder subacromial pain; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617001405303
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Otago

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-10-04
• Last Update Posted: 15 July 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 25

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Patients from 18 years to 65 years old, with mechanical shoulder pain will be recruited to participate in the study. Participants will be screened as per the British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS) guidelines. Participants will be included if they present one positive finding on the following tests: (1) Painful arc movement during shoulder flexion or abduction; or (2) pain on resisted lateral rotation or abduction or Jobe’s test.

Exclusion Criteria

We will exclude participants with the history of shoulder dislocation, shoulder subluxation, shoulder surgery and cervical surgery within the last 6 months, participants with symptoms of inflammation or systematic disease, signs of paraesthesia in the upper extremities, hemiplegic shoulder pain, frozen shoulder, or positive clinical signs of full thickness rotator cuff tear will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recruitment rate[Monthly for eighteen months.];Proportion of participants enrolled from the total number screened, expressed as the ratio number of enrolled participants/total number of screened participants” with reasons for exclusion.[Monthly for eighteen months.];Adherence to the rehabilitation programme, measured as number of sessions attended, and expressed as a percentage of the total number of sessions[Weekly for 8 weeks.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Drop-out rates, measured as the number of participants who dropped-out, and expressed as a percentage of the total number of participants enrolled in the study[Weekly for 12 months.];Pain level as measured by a numeric pain scale.[Baseline, and Weeks 4, 8, and 12];Shoulder-related disability assessed using the ‘patient specific functional scale’ (PSFS)[Baseline, and Weeks 4, 8, and 12];Health outcomes will be expressed as quality-adjusted life year (QALY) using the Short-Form 12 (SF-12v2).[Baseline, and Week 12];Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI)[Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, and 12];Adverse reaction (as reported by participants)[Weekly for 8 weeks];Pain self-efficacy questionnaire[Baseline, Weeks 4, 8, and 12]