Sonoelastography of the Supraspinatus Tendon

Karen Brage

Status: Completed

Conditions: Elasticity Imaging Techniques; Rotator Cuff Tendinitis; Musculoskeletal Disease; Tendinopathy

Treatments: Other: Low Load Exercises

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03425357

Sonoelastography_Supraspinatus

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims a determine the responsiveness of sonoelastography in the tendinopathy-affected supraspinatus tendon.

Full description

The trial will include 20 patients diagnosed with supraspinatus tendinopathy from one orthopaedic shoulder clinic in Denmark.

The intervention will consist of an exercise program including lowload exercises with elastics and dumbbells, targeting the rotator cuff in a 12 weeks home-exercise program with two control visits at a physiotherapy department at the hospitals.

Tissue elasticity (measured by sonoelastography) is used as the primary outcome and is measured 12 weeks post baseline

Enrollment: 23 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Able to read and understand Danish
• Shoulder pain > 3 months
• Positive on 3/5 clinical tests (full can, empty can, resisted external rotation, neers, hawking)
• Tendinopathy (MRI)

Exclusion criteria

• BMI > 30
• Bilateral shoulder pain
• Supraspinatus full thickness rupture (US)
• Biceps rupture (US)
• Calcification in supraspinatus (X-ray)
• Pregnancy
• Glenohumeral arthrosis (X-ray)
• Frozen shoulder
• Shoulder symptoms originating from neck
• Shoulder fracture, operation or luxation
• Known neuromuscular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, fibromyalgia, spondylarthropathy or psychiatric disorders
• Labrum lesion (MRI)
• Tear (˃1/3 of supraspinatus, vertical height) (MRI)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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23 participants in 1 patient group

Low Load Exercises

Experimental group

Description:

An exercise program consisting of 6 active exercises. Two exercises for the rotator cuff: Full Can and Sidelying external rotation Two exercises for the scapulae stabilizing muscles: Low Row and Push-Up Plus Two glenohumeral/postural corrective exercises: Posterior GH stretch and Scapular Retraction.

Treatment:

Other: Low Load Exercises