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Early Range of Motion Following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair

NCT00845715 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 73

Last updated 2017-04-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Rotator Cuff Disease

Interventions

OTHER

Early motion

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

OTHER

Standard motion

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Donaghue Medical Research Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • UConn Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Augustus D Mazzocca · UConn Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-07-31
Primary Completion
2013-04-30
Completion
2013-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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