Early Range of Motion Following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

Rotator Cuff Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Early Range of Motion on Clinical Outcomes, Patient Satisfaction, and Cuff Integrity Following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair. A Prospective Randomized Study.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00845715
• Other study ID #: 08-311-3
• Secondary ID: DF08-13
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 13, 2009
• Last updated: April 24, 2017
• Start date: July 2008
• Est. completion date: April 2013

Study information

• Verified date: April 2017
• Source: UConn Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is a difference in the quality of life, ability to return to functioning (back to everyday life), the amount of experienced pain in patients who immediately move their shoulder versus patient who delay moving their shoulder after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. We are also interested in whether there is a difference in the healing rates between these two groups.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 73
• Est. completion date: April 2013
• Est. primary completion date: April 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients who are between 18 years and 70 years of age

• full thickness rotator cuff tear on ultrasound and MRI

• failed conservative management

Exclusion Criteria:

• concomitant pathology including massive rotator cuff tears that extend into the subscapularis or the teres minor and all co-existing labral pathology

• history of neuromuscular or degenerative disease

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Rotator Cuff Disease

Intervention

Other:
• Early motion
Early referral to physical therapy for range of motion (2 days post)
• Standard motion
Standard referral to physical therapy for range of motion (4 weeks post)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Connecticut Health Center	Farmington	Connecticut

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
UConn Health	Donaghue Medical Research Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC)		6 month post surgery