Comparing Two Different Rehabilitation Protochols on Patients With Rotator Cuff Repair

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rotator Cuff Tear

Treatments: Other: Home-based rehabilitation; Other: Hospitalized rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03533088

1233412334

Details and patient eligibility

About

Rotator cuff (RC) repair is one of the most common treatment approch to relief the pain and improve the shoulder function on patients with rotator cuff rupture. Despite the improved surgical techniques and decreased failure rate, there are still complications after the surgey like shoulder persistant shoulder pain, stiffness even re-tear. Therefore, rehabilitation after the RC repair procedure is crucial for the success of the treatment. However, there is no concencus between the post-operative rehabilitation protochol. The aim of this study is to compare two different rehabilitation protochols on patients with RC repair.

Full description

Rotator cuff (RC) repair is one of the most common treatment approch to relief the pain and improve the shoulder function on patients with rotator cuff rupture. Despite the improved surgical techniques and decreased failure rate, there are still complications after the surgey like shoulder persistant shoulder pain, stiffness even re-tear. Therefore, rehabilitation after the RC repair procedure is crucial for the success of the treatment. However, there is no concencus between the post-operative rehabilitation protochol. The aim of this study is to compare two different rehabilitation protochols in terms of shoulder range of motion, self-reported shoulder function and pain on patients with RC repair.

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Having a Rotator Cuff repair surgery
• Having post-op rehabilitation program at our clinic until post-op 3 months
• No previous surgery in the shoulder joint

Exclusion criteria

• Additional pathology other then RC tear
• Refusing to participate to the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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54 participants in 2 patient groups

Hospitalized rehabilitation

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in this group will recieve rehabilitation program twice in a week at our clinic after the surgical procedure until post-operative 12 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Hospitalized rehabilitation

Home-based rehabilitation

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in his groups will performed home-based rehabilitation in the early stages of the post-op period. They will com to our clinic once in a two weeks and the recieve the exercise program to perform at home until the 6. weeks of the post-operative period. After the 6. week they will come to our clinic once in a week until the post-operative 12. week.

Treatment:

Other: Home-based rehabilitation