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Maintenance of Shoulder Health and Function After Spinal Cord Injury

NCT02135978 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 148

Last updated 2018-04-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a shoulder exercise program can prevent the onset of shoulder pain and improve community participation in persons who have a spinal cord injury (SCI). Upon entry into the study patients will have pain-free shoulders and will be followed for 3 years to determine rate of shoulder pain development. Patients will learn a simple shoulder home exercise program and will be instructed on techniques to protect their shoulder during wheelchair propulsion, transfers and activities of daily living. Patients will be instructed to perform the home exercise program 3 days per week. Two types of treatment (training) delivery approaches that have been documented to reduce chronic shoulder pain will be compared. The rate of shoulder pain development for the two groups will be compared to the rate of shoulder pain development in the historical control group. The investigators hypothesize that the rate of shoulder pain development will be lower in the experimental treatment groups compared to the historical control group. Any differences between the two treatment delivery approaches for the experimental treatment groups will help to provide guidelines for the most effective delivery approach of a shoulder pain prevention program.

Conditions

  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Shoulder Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Shoulder home exercise program

Patients receive instruction and practice on the shoulder home exercise program, receive a notebook with handouts including pictures and written instructions on how to perform the program, and receive a kit containing the exercise equipment. Patients are asked to perform the exercises at home 3 days a week over the next 3 years.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

    collaborator OTHER

  • Rancho Research Institute, Inc.

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sara J Mulroy, PhD, PT · Rancho Research Institute and Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-04-30
Primary Completion
2017-07-31
Completion
2017-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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