The Effect of a Pre-operative Exercise Program for Patients With Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear Waiting for Surgical Repair

Rotator Cuff Tears Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of a Pre-operative Exercise Program on Pain and Function in Patients With Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear Waiting for Surgical Repair.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Unknown status

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02208752
• Other study ID #: CARM2014
• Status: Unknown status
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 4, 2014
• Last updated: August 4, 2014
• Start date: June 2014
• Est. completion date: October 2014

Study information

• Verified date: August 2014
• Source: Université de Montréal
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a randomised controlled study involving a group of 20 patients- 10 patients in a control group, 10 patients in treatment group. The treatment group consists of exercises with theraband for the shoulder and exercises of motor control of the scapula. The purpose of the study is to measure the effects of a pre-operative physiotherapy program for patients awaitng for rotator cuff surgery, The duration of the pilot project is 4 weeks.

Description:

This study is taken place in a genral hospital using the waiting list in the orthopedic surgery department- only patients awaitng for rotator cuff surgery are included. a randomised process of a block will be used. There will be 2 groups of patients an active comparator and no intervention. All patients at the beginning of the project and after 4 weks will have an evaluation on range of motion, strength, acromial humeral mesurement done by ultrasound and questionnaire on pain(DASH) and quality of life( WORC). At 8 weeks all patients will fill in the 2 questionnaires on DASH and WORC.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Unknown status
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: October 2014
• Est. primary completion date: September 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients waitng for surgery at Cite de la Sante Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• Glenohumeral Arthirtis

• Shoulder fracture

• Corticosteriod injections

• Rupture of rotator cuff tear of more than 3 cm

• CSST- Workman's compensation

• Central and peripheral neuropathy

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Rotator Cuff Injuries
• Rotator Cuff Tears

Intervention

Other:
• Exercises
exercise program on strengthening the rotator cuff muscles and motor control of the scapula

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Hôpital Cite-de-la-Santé	Laval	Quebec

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Université de Montréal

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	WORC questionnaire	To evaluate function and quality of life at 0 weeks and 4 weeks	30 days
Secondary	DASH questionnaire	To evaluate pain at 0 weeks and 4 weeks	30 days
Secondary	Ultrasound measures	Mesurement distance of acromial-humerale distance at 0 and 4 weeks	30 days
Secondary	range of motion	measurement of joint movement (active and passif range of motion) with goniometer at 0 and 4 week	30 days
Secondary	strength	measurement of isometric strength with the Nicolas dynamometer at 0 week and 4 week.	30 days