Progressive Exercise After Operation of Rotator Cuff Rupture and Anterior Labrum Rupture

Jyväskylä Central Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Joint; Rotator Cuff Disease

Treatments: Behavioral: Progressive exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00624117

Dnro46/2005

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of progressive strength training after rotator cuff and labrum operation of the shoulder joint.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• rupture of rotator cuff
• rupture of anterior labrum
• age 18 to 65 years
• motivated to continue in work life
• motivated for rehabilitation

Exclusion criteria

• former operation in the same joint
• major arthrosis in the same joint
• cervical disk herniation
• concised spinal cord
• conditions after cervical spine operations
• rheumatic diseases
• fibromyalgia
• pregnancy
• severe depression
• alcoholism
• misusing of drugs
• disease that prevents progressive exercise eg. back pain, heart disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 1 patient group

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Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Progressive exercise