The Effects of Yoga on Patients With Rotator Cuff Injuries

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Rotator Cuff Injuries
• Interventions: Procedure: yoga; Procedure: standard exercises

• Registration Number: NCT02528084
• Lead Sponsor: Lawson Health Research Institute

Brief Summary

To determine if patients who undergo a 6-week online yoga exercise treatment differ from those who undergo a 6-week online standard exercise intervention and patients who do not undergo any treatment (the control).

Detailed Description

Patients awaiting rotator cuff surgery spend months waiting for a doctor's consultation and even longer for surgery. The proposed study is to see if there is a difference between three groups: patients who follow an online yoga video, patients who follow an online standard exercises video and patients who do not undergo either treatment (control).

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2015-08-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-08-17
• Study First Posted: 2015-08-19
• Study Start: 2015-10-20
• Primary Completion: 2016-10-20
• Study Completion: 2016-10-20
• Status Verified: 2017-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-03-22
• Last Update Posted: 2017-03-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• minimum 18 years old
• rotator cuff injury
• access to YouTube

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Exclusion Criteria

• under 18 years of age
• patient has past yoga experience
• patient will/has undergone any surgery other than rotator cuff

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
yoga intervention	yoga	patients in the group are asked to follow an online video instructing them various yoga poses. Patients in this group are asked to do the yoga exercises 2-3 times a week, for a total of 6 weeks.
standard exercises intervention	standard exercises	patients in this group are asked to follow an online standard exercises video. Patients in this group are asked to follow specific exercises 2-3 times a day, for a total of 6 weeks.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Range of motion (Shoulder Impairment)	6 weeks	Shoulder range of motion will be measured using a goniometer (performance-based).
Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (Pain Level)	6 weeks	Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (self-report)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Treatment satisfaction	6 weeks	Yes/No question about overall satisfaction (self-report).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

St. Joseph Health Care; 🇨🇦 London, Ontario, Canada