Effectiveness of Fascial Manipulation in Rotator's Cuff Surgery Patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cuff Rotator Syndrome
• Interventions: Other: fascial manipulation; Other: standard physiotherapies treatment

• Registration Number: NCT01888016
• Lead Sponsor: Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

Brief Summary

The purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of fascial manipulation treatment in terms to reduce pain and improve physical functionality after rotator's cuff surgery. The technique involves deep friction manipulation of fascia's specific spots. Distant from surgical site.

Detailed Description

To evaluate the effectiveness of fascial manipulation treatment associated with standard physiotherapies treatment in rotator's cuff surgery patients, we'll randomize about 60 patients for arm's of study. Both arm's will receive 10 standard physiotherapies treatments in 2 weeks while the experimental arm will receive 3 manual intervention on deep fascial tissues, according to fascial manipulation technique, providing a specific motor and manual assessment, and a deep manual intervention over specific fascial alteration.

To evaluate the effectiveness of fascial manipulation treatment we'll use 2 type of outcome measure and we will compare the result of both arms of study.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-06
• Study First Submitted: 2013-06-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-06-25
• Study First Posted: 2013-06-27
• Primary Completion: 2015-05
• Study Completion: 2015-06
• Status Verified: 2015-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-11-18
• Last Update Posted: 2015-11-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• Rotator's cuff surgery patients that have been operated within the past 4/5 weeks
• Age between 18 to 65 years old

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with traumatic shoulder's injury that involved bone's fractures.
• Severe underlying pathologies like rheumatic, neurological and cardio pathologies that affect the correct shoulder treatment
• Patients on anticoagulant treatment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
fascial manipulation	fascial manipulation	-
fascial manipulation	standard physiotherapies treatment	-
standard treatment	standard physiotherapies treatment	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
visual analogue scale (VAS)mean	Change from baseline in pain at the end of the rehabilitation cycle (two weeks)	we'll compare the baseline data (the first evaluation), with data at the end of the treatment, and with follow up (30 days from surgery)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Constant Murley score	Change from baseline in range of motion at the end of the rehabilitation cycle (two weeks)	Constant Murley score for range of motion and shoulder function assessment.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli; 🇮🇹 Bologna, Italy