Calcifying tendinitis of the shoulder: What is the best surgical treatment?
- Conditions
- calcific deposits in the rotator cuff tendonssubacromial calcific tendonitis10043237
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON40852
- Lead Sponsor
- Orbis Medisch Centrum
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Suspended
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 90
Age: 30-60 years
Full range of motion of the affected shoulder (>120o abduction and anteflexion,
unrestricted external rotation)
Calcifications on the x-rays
Type I en II calcifications according to the Gärtner classification (chapter 4.1.3)
Minimal diameter of 5 mm on AP view
Unsuccessful conservative therapy for at least 6 months
Ability and willingness to fill out the necessary questionnaires
Clinical signs of a frozen shoulder or adhesive capsulitis
Operations of the affected shoulder in personal medical history
Clinical and radiological signs of full-thickness lesion of, one of, the rotator cuff tendons.
Clinical and radiological signs of acromioclavicular osteoarthritis
History of rheumatic arthritis or fibromyalgia
Type III calcifications according to the Gärtner classification (chapter 4.1.3)
Not able or willing to participate in this trial
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Primary outcome (VAS for pain)<br /><br>This pain score indicates on a scale from 1 till 100 their pain level. In this<br /><br>scale 1 is minor pain and 100 is the worst pain they ever experienced.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method