Effect of ADVice Versus exercISE via telehealth on shoulder pain and disability in adults with rotator cuff tendinopathy: a randomised controlled trial (the ADVISE trial)
- Conditions
- rotator cuff tendinopathyMusculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12621001650886
- Lead Sponsor
- Monash University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 346
Inclusion criteria will include;
•age of 18 years and above;
•shoulder pain for > 6 weeks on one or both sides;
•pain is attributable to rotator cuff related shoulder pain based on the diagnostic criteria set out in the British Elbow and Shoulder Society (BESS) guidelines;
•not currently receiving physiotherapy treatment;
•able to understand spoken and written English.
•minimum shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI) score of 30.
Exclusion criteria will include (note, these apply to the most painful shoulder side if both sides are symptomatic);
•History of significant trauma (i.e. dislocation, fracture)
•History of shoulder surgery
•Neurological disorder affecting the shoulder
•Other shoulder pathology (i.e. frozen shoulder, inflammatory arthritis, GHJ instability)
•Suspicion of red flags based on the BESS criteria
•They have received a steroid injection in the last 3 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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