Rehabilitation After Rotator Cuff Repair

Rotator Cuff Injury Clinical Trial

Official title:

Rehabilitation After Rotator Cuff Repair a Randomised Controlled Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02261701
• Other study ID #: LTV-426521
• Secondary ID: ACJCKFVästerås
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2014
• Est. completion date: October 30, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: May 2018
• Source: Uppsala University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A new postoperative regimen with a new bandage technique after surgery results in a better shoulder function and quality of life after surgery - than traditional postoperative regimen with shoulder lock and abductor cushion.

Description:

A new postoperative regimen , with a new bandage technique with shorter immobilization time and without shoulder lock, is supposed to results in a better shoulder function 6 and 12 months after surgery. Function is measured by Constant score, pain with VAS and quality of life with EQ5D, 3 and 12 months after surgery. The two treatment groups are compared.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 76
• Est. completion date: October 30, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: August 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• planned shoulder surgery, rotator cuff repair

Exclusion Criteria:

• not swedish speaking

• reoperation

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Rotator Cuff Injuries
• Rotator Cuff Injury

Intervention

Other:
• Early mobilization
Early mobilization, collar´n cuff 4 weeks post surgery and after this light exercises start and no further bandage.
• Post surgery shoulder lock
Post surgery: Shoulder lock with abduction cushion, additionally 3 weeks with collar´n cuff, and after this period light exercises are allowed and nu further bandage.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Department of Orthopaedic surgery, Physiotherapy	Västerås	Västmanland

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Uppsala University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	EQ-5D	Quality of life	6 months after surgery
Other	Quality of life shoulder specific	Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC)	6 months after surgery
Other	Pain	Visual analogue scale	12 months after surgery
Other	Euro quality of Life 5D	Quality of life	12 months after surgery
Other	Quality of life shoulder specific	Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC)	12 months after surgery
Primary	Shoulder function	Shoulder function is assessed by Constant score	6 months after surgery
Secondary	Pain	Visual analogue scale	6 months after surgery