Post-op Rehabilitation's Influence on Tendon Healing & Clinical Outcomes Following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

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Conditions studied: Rotator Cuff Tear

In brief

The purpose of this study is to better understand the influence of post-operative rehabilitation on the rate of tendon healing and clinical outcomes following arthroscopic repair of the rotator cuff. There are two schools of thought on what type of therapy program is most beneficial following surgical cuff repair. However there has been little data available to compare them. Therefore, the investigators would like to compare these two standard plans of care so that the investigators may better define the safety and efficacy of early mobilization of the shoulder versus keeping the shoulder immobilized following surgical management.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00756015

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

150

Starts

2007-11-01

Expected to finish

2012-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-10-16

Who can join

Age: 40 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Full-thickness tears of the rotator cuff involving the supraspinatus that may or may not include the infraspinatus tendon (less than 25 mm anteroposterior dimension)
• Arthroscopic double-row cuff repair

You may not qualify if…

• Acute rotator cuff tears less than 6 weeks from injury
• Subscapularis tendon tears (full thickness)
• Preoperative stiffness: loss of greater than 30 passive elevation and/or ER compared to the opposite shoulder
• Inability to comply with postoperative rehabilitation protocols
• Inflammatory disease
• Prior surgery of the shoulder

Where it is running

• Washington University School of Medicine - Department of Orthopedics — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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