Rehabilitation following rotator Cuff repaiR: a multi-centre pilot & feasibility randomised controlled trial with nested qualitative study (the RaCeR study)

niversity of Keele0 sites73 target enrollmentAugust 10, 2018

Overview

2019 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31171031 protocol (added 10/06/2019) 2020 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33356517/ nested qualitative study (added 05/08/2021) 2020 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33305619/ results (added 05/08/2021)

Registry

who.int

Start Date

August 10, 2018

End Date

July 30, 2020

Last Updated

4 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

All

Sponsor

niversity of Keele

•1\. Patients diagnosed with a non\-traumatic symptomatic tear of the RC and listed for surgical repair
•2\. RC tear confirmed by ultrasound or MRI
•3\. Aged \= 18 years
•4\. Patients screened by the surgeon as suitable to participate (an opt\-out scheme will be implemented whereby all patients under the care of a surgeon who is participating in the trial will be eligible unless the surgeon states otherwise in the medical notes at the time of listing for surgery)
•5\. Able to return to the recruiting centre or affiliated site for the initial outpatient follow\-up physiotherapy appointment
•6\. Access to a mobile phone and willing and able to receive and respond to SMS text messages
•7\. Able to understand English

•1\. Traumatic RC tears (e.g. sudden onset of shoulder pain and weakness following a fall), given the different care pathways for such patients (these patients are typically fast\-tracked to surgery)
•2\. Patients who are unable to give full informed consent