Effect of Postoperative Immobilization on Healing After Rotator Cuff Arthroscopic Repair With Double Row Technique in Small or Medium Ruptures. Prospective, Comparative and Randomized.
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Enrollment
- 114
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- MRI
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The study aims to establish whether one month postoperative immobilization compared early passive motion after rotator cuff arthroscopic repair in small or medium ruptures with double row technique has any healing significance.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- Single (Investigator)
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to 90 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients skeletally mature (older 18 years old)
- •Small or medium rupture of rotator cuff
- •Repaired with arthroscopic double row technique
Exclusion Criteria
- •Impossibility to perform MRI (claustrophobic, pacemaker, heart or brain metallic implants)
- •AC arthritis with mumford procedure
- •Postoperative complication (severe pain, thrombosis, infection)
- •Psychiatric disorder
Arms & Interventions
Early passive motion
Pendulum exercises starting on the first postoperative day. The patients are instructed to commence passive range-of-motion exercises in the plane of the scapula with the assistance with the contralateral limb. Active motion exercises were not permitted until four weeks after surgery.
Intervention: Postoperative early passive motion (Procedure)
Immobilization
Immobilization with sling during a month. Pendulum exercises starting on the fourth postoperative week. The patients are instructed to commence passive range-of-motion exercises in the plane of the scapula with the assistance with the contralateral limb. Active motion exercises.
Intervention: Sling (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
MRI
Time Frame: 6 months
Secondary Outcomes
- ASES (American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Subjective Shoulder Scale)(1, 3, 6 months)
- Range of Motion(1, 3, 6 months)
- VAS of pain(1, 3, 6 months)
- WORC(1, 3, 6 months)
Investigators
Lopez Ovenza Juan Manuel
Principal Investigator
Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires