The Effect of a Pre-operative Exercise Program for Patients With Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear Waiting for Surgical Repair

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Rotator Cuff Tears
• Interventions: Other: Exercises

• Registration Number: NCT02208752
• Lead Sponsor: Université de Montréal

Brief Summary

This is a randomised controlled study involving a group of 20 patients- 10 patients in a control group, 10 patients in treatment group. The treatment group consists of exercises with theraband for the shoulder and exercises of motor control of the scapula. The purpose of the study is to measure the effects of a pre-operative physiotherapy program for patients awaitng for rotator cuff surgery, The duration of the pilot project is 4 weeks.

Detailed Description

This study is taken place in a genral hospital using the waiting list in the orthopedic surgery department- only patients awaitng for rotator cuff surgery are included. a randomised process of a block will be used. There will be 2 groups of patients an active comparator and no intervention. All patients at the beginning of the project and after 4 weks will have an evaluation on range of motion, strength, acromial humeral mesurement done by ultrasound and questionnaire on pain(DASH) and quality of life( WORC). At 8 weeks all patients will fill in the 2 questionnaires on DASH and WORC.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-06
• Status Verified: 2014-08
• Study First Submitted: 2014-08-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-08-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-08-04
• Study First Posted: 2014-08-05
• Last Update Posted: 2014-08-05
• Primary Completion: 2014-09
• Study Completion: 2014-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients waitng for surgery at Cite de la Sante Hospital

Exclusion Criteria

• Glenohumeral Arthirtis
• Shoulder fracture
• Corticosteriod injections
• Rupture of rotator cuff tear of more than 3 cm
• CSST- Workman's compensation
• Central and peripheral neuropathy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Exercises	Exercises	exericises on motor control and strengthening exercises on the Rotator Cuff
Control group- No exercises	Exercises	No exercises

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
WORC questionnaire	30 days	To evaluate function and quality of life at 0 weeks and 4 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
range of motion	30 days	measurement of joint movement (active and passif range of motion) with goniometer at 0 and 4 week
strength	30 days	measurement of isometric strength with the Nicolas dynamometer at 0 week and 4 week.
Ultrasound measures	30 days	Mesurement distance of acromial-humerale distance at 0 and 4 weeks
DASH questionnaire	30 days	To evaluate pain at 0 weeks and 4 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hôpital Cite-de-la-Santé; 🇨🇦 Laval, Quebec, Canada