The Effect of Early Range of Motion on Clinical Outcomes, Patient Satisfaction, and Cuff Integrity Following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair. A Prospective Randomized Study.

UConn Health1 site in 1 country73 target enrollmentJuly 2008

ConditionsRotator Cuff Disease

Overview

Phase: N/A
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Rotator Cuff Disease
Sponsor: UConn Health
Enrollment: 73
Locations: 1
Primary Endpoint: Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC)
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 9 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Sites Similar Trials

Overview

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.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

July 2008

End Date

April 2013

Last Updated

9 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

UConn Health

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Augustus Mazzocca

Professor

UConn Health

Eligibility Criteria

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