Effect Study of an Eccentric Training Program and Stretching for Patients With Chronical Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy

University Ghent

Status

Completed

Conditions

Chronical Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy

Treatments

Procedure: Traditional training program

Procedure: Eccentric training program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00782522

2008/380

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the first part of the the study two new outcome measurements (force reproducibility and subacromial space) will be tested for reproducibility. Therefore 30 healthy people will be assessed.

In a second part of the study 60 patients will be randomly allocated to two groups. Group A (n=30) will perform a traditional training program and group B (n=30) will perform an eccentric training program.

Before the onset of the training programs, pain, function, maximal force, range of motion, subacromial space and force reproducibility will be assessed. Both training programs will be accomplished at home. The first six weeks there will be an appointment with the therapist once a week to explain, correct and when necessary, aggravate the exercises. The next six weeks these appointments will be diminished to once every two weeks.

After 6 and after 12 weeks of training the patients will be reassessed for all the parameters.

Enrollment

69 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 75 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

global tendon thinning
inhomogeneous echo partitioning
calcifications at the insertion
symptoms present for at least 3 months: painful resisted isometric abduction, painful palpation of the supraspinatus tendon, impingement tests positive

Exclusion criteria

documented full thickness rotator cuff rupture
other lesions than CRCT at the moment of the study
echographic criteria for ruptures (focal thinning, fluid-filled gap,compressibility)