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Effectiveness of Fascial Manipulation in Rotator's Cuff Surgery Patients

NCT01888016 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2015-11-20

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Summary

The purpose is to evaluate the effectiveness of fascial manipulation treatment in terms to reduce pain and improve physical functionality after rotator's cuff surgery. The technique involves deep friction manipulation of fascia's specific spots. Distant from surgical site.

Conditions

  • Cuff Rotator Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

fascial manipulation

• 3 manual intervention on deep fascial tissues, according to fascial manipulation technique, providing a specific motor and manual assessment, and a deep manual intervention over specific fascial alteration.

OTHER

standard physiotherapies treatment

10 standard treatments in 2 weeks * Deltoid and infraspinatus muscles electrotherapy * Chair for passive continue mobilization at allowed range of motion (ROM). ½ h per day * Scar massage * Upper limb, cervical spine and scapula massages * Passive and assisted/active shoulder mobilization exercises * Scapula micro-mobilizations * Gleno-humeral decoaptation * Elbow, wrist and hand active mobilization * Proprioceptive exercise with and without the aid of the mirror

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maria Grazia Benedetti, MD · Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-06-30
Primary Completion
2015-05-31
Completion
2015-06-30

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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