Rotator Cuff Calcific Tendonitis: Needle US-guided treatment vs. Subacromial corticosteroids – A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Rotator Cuff calcific tendonitisCalcificerende tendinitis van de rotatoren manchet
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25749
- Lead Sponsor
- eiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the NetherlandsRijnland Hospital, Leiderdorp, the Netherlands
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
1. Calcifying tendonitis on x-rays (< 6 weeks before eventual inclusion);
2. Age: 18-65 years;
Exclusion Criteria
1. Comorbidities of the affected shoulder (with physical examination, X-rays, US). Subacromial impingement syndrome is not an exclusion criterium;
2. >1 subacromial corticosteroid injections <3 months before eventual exclusion;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Constant Shoulder Score (CS), measured at pre-intervention and at 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 1 year after intervention.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method