The validity of the lag signs in the diagnosis of rotator cuff dysfunction in patients with shoulder pai

Completed

• Conditions: Musculoskeletal Diseases; Shoulder pain; Musculoskeletal Diseases: Shoulder pain

• Registration Number: ISRCTN13159107
• Lead Sponsor: Record provided by the NHS Trusts Clinical Trials Register - Department of Health (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2003-09-12
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Following a power calculation with the statistician (Peter Knight) it is thought that this study will need a minimum of 40 patients to make it clinically significant. Sample numbers of 40-50 have been recommended in the literature (Hicks 1999). However it is accepted that the larger the sample the greater the probability of randomness and chance operating as expected and this will reduce the chance of a sampling error (Hicks 1999).

Sample: Sample is one of convenience: patients over 18 with shoulder pain attending an outpatient clinic at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital who have been referred for ultrasound.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Previous surgery in the last year to the limb being assessed
2. Neurological deficit on the side of pain
3. Restricted passive Range Of Motion (ROM)
4. Comprehension difficulties

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The relationship between a positive lag sign and rotator cuff dysfunction

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
ot provided at time of registration