TENS of MENS for Rotator Cuff Tear

Attikon Hospital42 enrolled

Overview

The aim of this study was to clarify the effectiveness of physiotherapeutic intervention through the TENS or MENS in conjunction with kinesiotherapy in patients with partial thickness rotator cuff tear.

The primary characteristic of a rotator cuff tear is pain, while muscle weakness appears as a secondary feature, leading to further disability. The aim of this study was to clarify the effectiveness of physiotherapeutic intervention through the TENS or MENS in conjunction with kinesiotherapy in patients with partial thickness rotator cuff tear.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Rotator Cuff Tear

Interventions

MENSDEVICE

TENSDEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients suffering shoulder pain because of partial thickness rotator cuff tear, confirmed with MRI and ultrasound scanning. * Patients not receiving any recent pharmacotherapy with NSAIDs during the last month, or surgery at the shoulder area at any time point, * The referral orthopedic had suggested physiotherapy. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with open wounds or skin diseases in the shoulder area * pregnant women * patients with any type of neoplastic disease * patients with pacemakers or serious cardiovascular diseases including arrhythmia, - patients with collagen diseases * history of shoulder surgery

Locations (1)

2nd Department of Anesthesiology, Attikon Hospital, 1 Rimini str.

Athens, Greece

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Pain intensity: NRS

Numeric Rating Scale, ranging from 0-10 (with 0 = no pain, and 10=worst pain). It measures pain intensity

Time frame: up to 3 months after intervention

Disability

SPADI questionnaire (shoulder pain and disability questionnaire). It measures pain and disability caused by shoulder diseases, each question ranging between 0 and 10 (with 0 indicating no disability and 10 indicating worst disability). It includes 5 questions about pain and 8 questions about disability.

Time frame: up to 3 months after intervention

Secondary Outcomes

quality of patients' life: EQ 5D

EQ 5D, EuroQol measuring of perceived Health today, Scale 0-100 (with 0 indicating worst health, and 100 indicating best imaginable health as perceived by the patient)

Time frame: up to 3 months after intervention

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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