Physical Therapy Program for Prevention of Shoulder Pain After Device Implant

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Conditions studied: Shoulder Pain

In brief

This is a clinical research study to determine if a prescribed physical therapy intervention after subcutaneous implantation of an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or pacemaker reduces the incidence of rotator cuff tendonitis when compared to usual post procedural care.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00680537

Run by

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

People needed

100

Starts

2008-04-01

Expected to finish

2011-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-01-09

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects undergoing ICD or pacemaker device implant

You may not qualify if…

• Prior shoulder injury or surgery
• Mastectomy on affected side
• CVA with ipsilateral arm involvement
• Inability or refusal to perform exercises as prescribed.
• Subjects who would not be able to come in for follow-up visits at one, three, and six-month intervals will also be excluded.

Where it is running

• UT Southwestern Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States

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