The Influence of the Greater Tuberosity Angle on the Clinical Outcome One Year Postoperative in Patients With a Rotator Cuff Tear

Rotator Cuff Tear Clinical Trial

— GTA  

Official title:

GTA-The Influence of the Greater Tuberosity Angle on the Clinical Outcome One Year Postoperative in Patients With a Rotator Cuff Tear - a Comparative Study.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04459858
• Other study ID #: 2020-01201; ch20Taha2
• Status: Completed
• Start date: June 3, 2020
• Est. completion date: October 31, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: December 2020
• Source: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This retrospective study is to investigate the influence of the Greater Tuberosity Angle (GTA) in addition to CSA on patient outcome in patients with rotator cuff tear.

Description:

A tear of the rotator cuff is one of the most common disorders of the shoulder. It is assumed that a large Critical Shoulder Angle (CSA) is associated with the occurrence of rotator cuff tears. This retrospective study is to investigate the influence of the Greater Tuberosity Angle (GTA) in addition to CSA on patient outcome in patients with rotator cuff tear.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: October 31, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: October 31, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient after an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair
• 1 to 4 years postoperative
• Presence of pre-operative radiography of the shoulder

Exclusion Criteria:

• Massive irreparable cuff tear
• Chronically retracted tendons and atrophic rotator cuff muscles Partial arthroscopic repair
• Absence of pre-operative radiography in neutral rotation

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Rotator Cuff Injuries
• Rotator Cuff Tear

Intervention

Other:
• data analysis
Data is extracted from the existing medical records and from the Rotator Cuff Repair Database (RCR_USB). The GTA (determined as the angle between a "line parallel to the humerus diaphysis passing through the humeral head center of rotation and a line connecting the upper border of the humeral head to the most superolateral edge of the greater tuberosity") is determined.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Basel	Basel

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Constant Score	This scoring system consists of four variables that are used to assess the function of the shoulder. The right and left shoulders are assessed separately.; The subjective variables are pain and activity of daily life (ADL) (sleep, work, recreation / sport) which give a total of 35 points. The objective variables are range of motion and strength which give a total of 65 Points (the higher the score the better the shoulder function).	1 year (before surgery and 1 year after surgery)