Early Range of Motion Following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

UConn Health73 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Rotator Cuff Disease

Interventions

Early motionOTHER

Early referral to physical therapy for range of motion (2 days post)

Standard motionOTHER

Standard referral to physical therapy for range of motion (4 weeks post)

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

University of Connecticut Health Center

Farmington, Connecticut, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC)

Time frame: 6 month post surgery

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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