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NCT Number: NCT00845715

Early Range of Motion Following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Rotator Cuff Disease

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Connecticut Health Center

Farmington, Connecticut, 06030, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

Early Motion

Other

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

Standard motion

Other

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

Primary outcomes

  1. Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index (WORC)

    Time frame: 6 month post surgery

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

UConn Health

Other

Collaborators

  • Donaghue Medical Research Foundation

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Early Range of Motion on Clinical Outcomes, Patient Satisfaction, and Cuff Integrity Following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair. A Prospective Randomized Study.

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Feb 18, 2009
Registry last updated
Apr 25, 2017

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