TENS of MENS for Rotator Cuff Tear
- Conditions
- Rotator Cuff Tear
- Registration Number
- NCT03781349
- Lead Sponsor
- Attikon Hospital
- Brief Summary
The aim of this study was to clarify the effectiveness of physiotherapeutic intervention through the TENS or MENS in conjunction with kinesiotherapy in patients with partial thickness rotator cuff tear.
- Detailed Description
The primary characteristic of a rotator cuff tear is pain, while muscle weakness appears as a secondary feature, leading to further disability.
The aim of this study was to clarify the effectiveness of physiotherapeutic intervention through the TENS or MENS in conjunction with kinesiotherapy in patients with partial thickness rotator cuff tear.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 42
- Patients suffering shoulder pain because of partial thickness rotator cuff tear, confirmed with MRI and ultrasound scanning.
- Patients not receiving any recent pharmacotherapy with NSAIDs during the last month, or surgery at the shoulder area at any time point,
- The referral orthopedic had suggested physiotherapy.
- Patients with open wounds or skin diseases in the shoulder area
- pregnant women
- patients with any type of neoplastic disease
- patients with pacemakers or serious cardiovascular diseases including arrhythmia, - patients with collagen diseases
- history of shoulder surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain intensity: NRS up to 3 months after intervention Numeric Rating Scale, ranging from 0-10 (with 0 = no pain, and 10=worst pain). It measures pain intensity
Disability up to 3 months after intervention SPADI questionnaire (shoulder pain and disability questionnaire). It measures pain and disability caused by shoulder diseases, each question ranging between 0 and 10 (with 0 indicating no disability and 10 indicating worst disability). It includes 5 questions about pain and 8 questions about disability.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method quality of patients' life: EQ 5D up to 3 months after intervention EQ 5D, EuroQol measuring of perceived Health today, Scale 0-100 (with 0 indicating worst health, and 100 indicating best imaginable health as perceived by the patient)
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
2nd Department of Anesthesiology, Attikon Hospital, 1 Rimini str.
🇬🇷Athens, Greece
2nd Department of Anesthesiology, Attikon Hospital, 1 Rimini str.🇬🇷Athens, Greece