Is early passive motion exercise necessary after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair?
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Diseases of the musculo-skeletal system and connective tissue
- Registration Number
- KCT0000123
- Lead Sponsor
- Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 105
Inclusion Criteria
Patients who had a small-to-medium-sized (less than 3 cm) full-thickness rotator cuff tear confirmed by preoperative MR arthrography (MRA) and arthroscopy, and underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair
Exclusion Criteria
We excluded patients with preoperative shoulder stiffness, concomitant glenohumeral pathologies (e.g., SLAP lesion, Bankart lesion), any previous shoulder surgery, and large or massive cuff tear (larger than 3 cm in size or two tendon tears).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Range of shoulder motion
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method pain visual analogue scale, various functional assessment (Constant score, Simple Shoulder Test, American Shoulder and Elbow score), anatomical outcome (sono, CT, MRI)