Rotator cuff injury
Conditions
Interventions
control group:sham manipulation
Sponsors
Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 70 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 40-70 years old; 2. Pain in the anterolateral acromial area or pain with active shoulder elevation, with symptoms lasting for more than 3 months; 3. Have one positive sign in each of the following 4 categories: presence of pain when resisting humeral external rotation or abduction, Jobe Test, Hawkins Test, Neer Test; 4. VAS score >= 40 mm.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Clinical signs of massive rotator cuff tears (a tear of greater than five centimetres in diameter) or the presence of two or more tendon tears [18, 19]; 2. Glenohumeral osteoarthritis (OA) or other inflammatory arthritis; 3. Frozen shoulder; 4. Fracture or dislocation of the shoulder; 5. History of neck or shoulder surgery; 6. Severe osteoporosis; 7. Neurological disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, tumour, Parkinsons disease or other neurological disorders; 8. Pregnancy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Constant-Murley Score; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| VAS;ROM;SF-36; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactXiaofeng Li
Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed