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Treatment of Atraumatic Rotator Cuff Rupture in Elderly Patients

NCT01116518 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2013-11-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the investigators study is to compare the effect of: 1) physiotherapy 2) arthroscopic acromioplasty and debridement or 3) arthroscopic rotator cuff reconstruction and acromioplasty in the treatment of degenerative, atraumatic rotator cuff rupture.

Conditions

  • Atraumatic Rotator Cuff Rupture

Interventions

PROCEDURE

physiotherapy

PROCEDURE

acromioplasty

PROCEDURE

acromioplasty and rotator cuff reconstruction

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tampere University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kuopio University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Turku University Hospital

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Juha Kukkonen, MD · Turku University Hospital

  • Ville Äärimaa, MD, PhD · Turku University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-02-28
Primary Completion
2013-11-30
Completion
2013-11-30

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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