Enhanced Function and Quality of Life Following 5 Months of Exercise Therapy for Patients With Rotator Cuff Tears

Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark

Status: Completed

Conditions: Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear

Treatments: Other: Exercise therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02740946

N-20120040

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the effect of 5 months of exercise therapy for patients with irreparable rotator cuff tears.

Full description

All included patients will receive exercise therapy consisting of two exercises focusing on strengthening m. deltoideus anterior and m. teres minor.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• symptoms of rotator cuff rupture for at least three months with rupture of minimum musculus supraspinatus and musculus infraspinatus visualized by ultrasonography or arthroscopy
• no neurological conditions which could affect muscle strength or activity
• able to read and understand Danish
• both patients with and without a history of shoulder trauma were included

Exclusion criteria

• former rotator cuff surgery
• history of shoulder fracture or inflammatory conditions in the shoulder
• significant osteoarthritic changes on antero-posterior and/or lateral (outlet view) radiographs

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Exercise therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Exercise therapy 5 months

Treatment:

Other: Exercise therapy