A self-managed exercise programme versus usual physiotherapy for chronic rotator cuff disorders

Completed

• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Disease; Musculoskeletal Diseases; Rotator cuff syndrome

• Registration Number: ISRCTN84709751
• Lead Sponsor: HS Doncaster (UK)

Brief Summary

1. 2012 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22545990 2. 2013 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23480845 3. 2014 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23954024 4. 2016 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26160149

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-02-23
• Study Completion: 2013-09-30
• Last Update Posted: 10 December 2018

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 78

Inclusion Criteria

1. Age > 18 years
2. Willing and able to participate
3. Primary complaint of shoulder pain with or without referral into the upper limb for > 3 months
4. No/minimal resting shoulder pain
5. Range of shoulder movement largely preserved
6. Shoulder pain provoked consistently with resisted muscle tests, usually abduction or lateral rotation
7. Male and female participants
8. Lower age limit 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

1. Shoulder surgery within last 6 months,
2. Reasons to suspect systemic pathology including inflammatory disorders,
3. Cervical repeated movement testing affects shoulder pain and/ or range of movement.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Shoulder pain and disability index measured at 3, 6 and 12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Short-Form 36 measured at 3, 6 and 12 months