Rotator Cuff Tears in Hemiplegic Shoulder

Seoul National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hemiplegia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00998868

SNUH-RM-TRHan-RCTHS-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the prevalence of rotator cuff tears in the shoulders of hemiplegic patients of different severity.

Full description

Rotator cuff tears are often suspected to contribute hemiplegic shoulder pain. However, it is controversial whether their incidence increases in hemiplegia. Based on the postulate that muscle weakness in hemiplegia predisposes rotator cuff injury due to biomechanical failure, this study aims to investigate whether the rotator cuff tears are associated with the muscle strength of the shoulder by observing hemiplegic shoulders of varying degree of paresis.

Enrollment: 51 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• hemiplegia; unilateral weakness of sudden onset
• secondary to strokes or other brain lesions
• compatible with brain lesions confirmed by imaging studies

Exclusion criteria

• bilateral weakness
• any history of intensive trauma of the shoulder, reported
• preexisting musculoskeletal disorder of the shoulder

Trial design

51 participants in 1 patient group

hemiplegia

Description:

patients with hemiplegia, without other musculoskeletal disorders of the shoulder