Early Active Rehabilitation After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

Johannes Kepler University of Linz

Status: Completed

Conditions: Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear

Treatments: Other: passive motion after rotator cuff surgery; Other: early isometric loading after rotator cuff surgery

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02915588

PMR-Shoulder-001

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to compare two different rehabilitation protocols after arthroscopic rotator cuff surgery.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• surgery of the rotator cuff after full thickness tear
• informed consent
• understanding german language

Exclusion criteria

• previous surgery of the shoulder
• neurological or systemic diseases with impairment of shoulder function

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Primary Active

Active Comparator group

Description:

Early postoperative isometric activation of the rotator cuff

Treatment:

Other: early isometric loading after rotator cuff surgery

Primary Passive

Active Comparator group

Description:

Standard postoperative passive movement rehabilitation protocol

Treatment:

Other: passive motion after rotator cuff surgery