Rehabilitation After Rotator Cuff Repair

Uppsala University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rotator Cuff Injury

Treatments: Other: Post surgery shoulder lock; Other: Early mobilization

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02261701

LTV-426521

ACJCKFVästerås (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

A new postoperative regimen with a new bandage technique after surgery results in a better shoulder function and quality of life after surgery - than traditional postoperative regimen with shoulder lock and abductor cushion.

Full description

A new postoperative regimen , with a new bandage technique with shorter immobilization time and without shoulder lock, is supposed to results in a better shoulder function 6 and 12 months after surgery. Function is measured by Constant score, pain with VAS and quality of life with EQ5D, 3 and 12 months after surgery. The two treatment groups are compared.

Enrollment: 76 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• planned shoulder surgery, rotator cuff repair

Exclusion criteria

• not swedish speaking
• reoperation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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76 participants in 2 patient groups

Early mobilization

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention is early mobilization, four weeks immobilization postsurgery with collar´n cuff only.

Treatment:

Other: Early mobilization

Post surgery shoulder lock

Other group

Description:

Post surgery shoulder lock with abduction cushion 3 weeks and after this period collar´n cuff 3 weeks

Treatment:

Other: Post surgery shoulder lock