Effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy on patients' functions and magnetic resonance imaging after rotator cuff repair: a randomized controlled trial.

Effects of extracorporeal shock wave therapy combined with regular exercise on patients' functions and MRI after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Early Phase 1

Study type

Interventional

Source

ChiCTR

Registry ID

ChiCTR2000033566

Enrollment

Unknown

Registered

2020-06-05

Start date

2020-06-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-06-08

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Conditions

Rotator cuff tear

Interventions

experimental group:extracorporeal shock wave therapy combined with regular exercise

control group:regular exercise

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

30 Years to 70 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients aged >= 30 and <= 70 years; 2. Patients with unilateral shoulder joint operation; 3. Patients with rotator cuff tear less than 5cm after repair; 4. Three months after the repair of rotator cuff, the patients still have discomfort (pain, limited joint activity); 5. MRI showed the patients with poor healing of tendon and bone after repair of rotator cuff; 6. The patient is willing to cooperate with the treatment and follow-up, and sign the informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. The contraindications of ESWL: hemorrhagic disease; thrombus in the treatment area; patients with severe cognitive and mental disorders; patients with severe injury of tendon and fascia rupture, etc. 2. Patients with biceps tendon fixation or amputation; 3. Patients with subscapular tendon repair; 4. The patient has unstable or uncontrolled angina, uncontrolled heart failure or severe uncontrolled arrhythmia; 5. The patients who had the history of shoulder joint operation except the repair of rotator cuff; 6. Patients with pacemakers; 7. Patients with known hemorrhagic diseases or currently undergoing anticoagulation treatment; 8. Patients with malignant tumors; 9. The patient has any nervous system disease of the upper extremity, such as thoracic outlet syndrome; 10. Patients with other diseases causing shoulder pain: pigmentation, villonodular synovitis, osteoarthritis, etc; 11. Pregnant or pregnant women; 12. Participate in other clinical studies at the same time.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Constant-murley score;	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
The university of California at Los Angeles shoulder rating scale;Fudan university shoulder score;magnetic resonance imaging;Visual analogue scoring;	—

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactYunxia Li

Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University

liyunxia912@aliyun.com+86 13701603574

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026