Comparing surgical and conservative treatments for rotator cuff tears
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- Conditions
- Rotator Cuff tearsMusculoskeletal DiseasesRotator cuff syndrome
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN12733667
- Lead Sponsor
- Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 98
Inclusion Criteria
1. Atraumatic, symptomatic, isolated full-thickness supraspinatus tendon tear documented with MRI
2. Full passive range of motion of the shoulder.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Previous surgical treatment of the shoulder
2. Frozen shoulder
3. Radiological osteoarthritis of the glenohumeral joint
4. Cognitive disorders
5. Neurological disease or language barriers
6. Tear involving the whole supraspinatus tendon combined with tear of two to three tendons
7. Muscle fatty degeneration > of stage 2 according to Goutallier classification
8. Muscle atrophy evaluated with Tangent sign, exceeding stage 2
9. Acute-on-chronic tears (after a traumatic event in a shoulder with preceding episodes of symptoms)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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