Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (rESWT) Treatment of Subacromial Shoulder Pain
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Subacromial Shoulder PainShoulder Impingement Syndrome
- Registration Number
- NCT01441830
- Lead Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether rESWT (radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy) combined with supervised exercises will improve function and reduce pain in subacromial shoulder pain compared with supervised exercises alone.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion Criteria
- Dysfunction or pain on abduction
- Pain on one of two isometric tests (abduction or external rotation)
- Positive Hawkins sign
- Normal passive glenohumeral range of motion
Exclusion Criteria
- Previous surgery on affected shoulder
- Instability
- Total rupture of the rotator cuff (evaluated clinically or by US)
- Clinical signs of a cervical syndrome
- Infection in the area
- Exclusion criteria cont.
- Patients considered unable to fill out questionnaires or to go through the treatment
- Use of anticoagulant drugs or bleeding disorder
- Pregnancy
- Previous experience of one of the study interventions
- Corticosteroid injection in the past 6 weeks.
- SPADI < 20
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) 24 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Return to work 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks and 1 year Pain and function measured on a 11 point Likert type scale 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks and 1 year Health-related quality of life (Eq-5d) 24 weeks and 1 year
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Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Oslo University Hospital, Ulleval, department for physical medicine and rehabilitation
🇳🇴Oslo, Norway
Oslo University Hospital, Ulleval, department for physical medicine and rehabilitation🇳🇴Oslo, Norway