Early Range of Motion Following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Rotator Cuff Disease
• Interventions: Other: Early motion; Other: Standard motion

• Registration Number: NCT00845715
• Lead Sponsor: UConn Health

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is a difference in the quality of life, ability to return to functioning (back to everyday life), the amount of experienced pain in patients who immediately move their shoulder versus patient who delay moving their shoulder after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. We are also interested in whether there is a difference in the healing rates between these two groups.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-07
• Study First Submitted: 2009-02-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-02-17
• Study First Posted: 2009-02-18
• Primary Completion: 2013-04
• Study Completion: 2013-04
• Status Verified: 2017-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-04-24
• Last Update Posted: 2017-04-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 73

Inclusion Criteria

• patients who are between 18 years and 70 years of age
• full thickness rotator cuff tear on ultrasound and MRI
• failed conservative management

Exclusion Criteria

• concomitant pathology including massive rotator cuff tears that extend into the subscapularis or the teres minor and all co-existing labral pathology
• history of neuromuscular or degenerative disease

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Early motion	Early motion	-
Standard motion	Standard motion	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC)	6 month post surgery

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Connecticut Health Center; 🇺🇸 Farmington, Connecticut, United States