Rehabilitation: Closed-Chain Exercises for Rotator Cuff Tears
Completed · Early Phase 1
Conditions studied: Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear
In brief
A single arm design will be used to assess the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of a closed-chain rehabilitation protocol for patients with full thickness rotator cuff tears of the shoulder. Full thickness rotator cuff tears will be documented using MRI or ultrasound images. 30 participants will be recruited for this study. The rehabilitation protocol will include two stages: stage 1, physical therapy, and stage 2, gym program. Stage I will include a total number of session between 12 and 24. The number of session included in stage 2, will depend on the total number of session completed during stage 1. The total duration of both stages will 5 months.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02750176
- Run by
- University of Southern California
- People needed
- 16
- Starts
- 2016-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2018-07-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-10-25
Who can join
Age: 40 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Full-thickness rotator cuff tears - confirmed by ultrasound (US) or magnetic resonance imagining (MRI)
- Symptomatic for > 3 months
- Reduction in shoulder function:
- Patient satisfaction with use of their shoulder: ≤ 7/10 (10 = fully satisfied) OR Penn Function Subscale Score ≤ 40/60 (60 = full function)
You may not qualify if…
- Physical therapy for current shoulder symptoms within last 3 months
- Previous shoulder surgery on the involved shoulder
- Cervical radiculopathy
- Undergoing treatment for active cancer
- Cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological disease with physician limitations on exercise
- Uncontrolled high blood pressure (> systolic above 90, diastolic above 140)
- Unstable shoulder - primary diagnosis
- Unable to complete up to 5 months of treatment at the clinic
Where it is running
- Clinical Biomechanics Orthopedic and Sports Outcomes Research Laboratory — Los Angeles, California, United States
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