Ultrasound Evaluation of the Rotator Cable and Associated Structures.

University of Michigan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Pain

Treatments: Other: ultrasound of painful shoulder; Other: ultrasound

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00743600

HUM1500

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will use healthy volunteers and patients with shoulder problems (pain or impaired movement). Ultrasound will be used to image and document the appearance of both normal and abnormal shoulder structures.

Full description

The purpose of this study is to document normal and abnormal appearances of various shoulder structures (rotator cable and rotator cuff).

This study will recruit healthy volunteers and patients who have been referred to Radiology for a symptomatic shoulder (a shoulder that is causing the patient pain, or is limited in its ability to move.) Both groups will undergo ultrasound imaging of the shoulder.

Enrollment: 123 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with shoulder pain referred to radiology for ultrasound of shoulder

Exclusion criteria

• Patients less than 18 years of age

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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123 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

Patients with shoulder pain who were clinically referred to Ultrasound for evaluation

Treatment:

Other: ultrasound of painful shoulder

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

healthy volunteers who do not have shoulder pain

Treatment:

Other: ultrasound