The Effects of Yoga on Patients With Rotator Cuff Injuries

Rotator Cuff Injuries Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effects of Yoga on Patients With Rotator Cuff Injuries

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02528084
• Other study ID #: HSREB2015
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 13, 2015
• Last updated: March 22, 2017
• Start date: October 20, 2015
• Est. completion date: October 20, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: March 2017
• Source: Lawson Health Research Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To determine if patients who undergo a 6-week online yoga exercise treatment differ from those who undergo a 6-week online standard exercise intervention and patients who do not undergo any treatment (the control).

Description:

Patients awaiting rotator cuff surgery spend months waiting for a doctor's consultation and even longer for surgery. The proposed study is to see if there is a difference between three groups: patients who follow an online yoga video, patients who follow an online standard exercises video and patients who do not undergo either treatment (control).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 10
• Est. completion date: October 20, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: October 20, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 70 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• minimum 18 years old

• rotator cuff injury

• access to YouTube

Exclusion Criteria:

• under 18 years of age

• patient has past yoga experience

• patient will/has undergone any surgery other than rotator cuff

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Rotator Cuff Injuries
• Wounds and Injuries

Intervention

Procedure:
• yoga
patients watch and follow an online yoga video.
• standard exercises
patients watch and follow an online standard exercises video.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	St. Joseph Health Care	London	Ontario

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Lawson Health Research Institute

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (Pain Level)	Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (self-report)	6 weeks
Primary	Range of motion (Shoulder Impairment)	Shoulder range of motion will be measured using a goniometer (performance-based).	6 weeks
Secondary	Treatment satisfaction	Yes/No question about overall satisfaction (self-report).	6 weeks