A Long Term Follow-Up of Rotator Cuff Tear Patients Treated With Integrated Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Summary

This study is a prospective observational trial. Data of 4 hospitals will be used to find out the efficacy of conservative treatment in rotator cuff tear.

Conditions

• Rotator Cuff Tear

Interventions

DRUG

Herbal medicine

Herbal medicine will be administered in water-based decoction (120ml) and dried powder (2g) form (Ostericum koreanum,Eucommia ulmoides, canthopanax sessiliflorus, Achyranthes japonica, Psoralea corylifolia, aposhnikovia divaricata, Cibotium barometz, Lycium chinense, Boschniakia rossica, Cuscuta chinensis, Glycinemax, Atractylodes japonica) at the physician's discretion.

PROCEDURE

Chuna manual medicine

Chuna is a Korean manual therapy directed at the spine and joints that incorporates various spinal manual medicine techniques for joint mobilization involving high-velocity, low amplitude thrusts to joints slightly beyond the passive range of motion and gentle force to joints within the passive range of movement. Chuna manual medicine will be administered to the shoulder at the physician's discretion.

PROCEDURE

Pharmacopuncture

Pharmacopuncture consisting of select herbal ingredients will be administered at Gyunwoo (LI15), Gyunryo(TE14), Ah-shi points and local acupuncture points using disposable injection needles (CPL, 1 cc, 26G x 1.5 syringe, Shinchang medical co., Korea) at the physician's discretion.

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture

Acupuncture treatment will be administered using mainly proximal acupuncture points and Ah-shi points.

PROCEDURE

Electroacupuncture

Electroacupuncture treatment will be administered using mainly proximal acupuncture points and Ah-shi points.

PROCEDURE

Cupping

Cupping treatment will be administered at 1-2 points using mainly proximal acupuncture points and Ah-shi points.

PROCEDURE

Herbal hot pack

Herbal hot pack treatment will be administered using mainly proximal acupuncture points and Ah-shi points.

PROCEDURE

Physical therapy

The participants in the control group will be receive one or more physical therapy according to the physician's decision.

PROCEDURE

Other intervention(s)

Patients will be allowed any other additional intervention(s) as deemed necessary regardless of type or dose, and patterns of use will be investigated and recorded as a pragmatic clinical study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Jaseng Medical Foundation

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• HYUN WOO CHO, PhD · Haeundae Jaseng Hospital of Korean Medicine

Eligibility

Min Age

17 Years

Max Age

70 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-09-21

Primary Completion

2021-03-31

Completion

2021-03-31

Countries

• South Korea

Study Locations