Rotator Cuff Surgical Outcomes in Women (RCSOW)

University of Calgary

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Rotator Cuff Syndrome; Injury of Shoulder Region

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02725320

REB15-1229

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall purpose of this work is to use a prospective cohort study to examine patient-specific but shoulder-extrinsic factors and how they influence the results of rotator cuff surgery. There are undoubtedly many factors that play a role in patient outcome, however, this project will focus on three: the effect of gender on outcome, the effect of mood disorders and coping style on outcome, and the effect of patient height and reach on outcome after rotator cuff surgery. It is hypothesized that these factors will have a significant influence over outcomes.

Enrollment: 192 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 35 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Referred for surgical treatment of predominantly unilateral rotator cuff syndrome

Exclusion criteria

• unable to speak or read English
• unable to complete 12 month follow-up
• significant cervicogenic arm and shoulder pain in the affected arm
• significant chronic pain diagnoses felt at least as likely to be the cause of the symptoms as the rotator cuff condition as evaluated by the surgeon

Trial design

192 participants in 2 patient groups

Female Rotator Cuff Surgical Group

Description:

Females, 35-75 receiving surgery for predominantly unilateral rotator cuff syndrome

Male Rotator Cuff Surgical Group

Description:

Males, 35-75 receiving surgery for predominantly unilateral rotator cuff syndrome