Ultrasound as a Diagnostic Tool for Rotator Cuff Tears

• Conditions: Rotator Cuff Tear

• Registration Number: NCT01242761
• Lead Sponsor: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Brief Summary

After comparing ultrasound study of rotator cuff injuries that have been evaluated both in the community and in a hospital-based ultrasound service with actual surgical findings, it is expected that specialist performed imaging and evaluation will be most accurate and that those performed in the community will be not accurate enough.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2010-11
• Study First Submitted: 2010-11-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-11-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-11-16
• Study First Posted: 2010-11-17
• Last Update Posted: 2010-11-17
• Study Start: 2011-01
• Primary Completion: 2012-01
• Study Completion: 2012-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Symptomatic rotator cuff tears Indication for rotator cuff repair

Exclusion Criteria

• Severe arm movement limitations

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rotator cuff tear surgical findings more accurately reflect hospital-based US imaging findings	One year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Hadera, Israel