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Surgery or rehabilitation for traumatic shoulder dislocations

SORTED – a randomised controlled superiority trial comparing the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the addition of surgery to a patient’s treatment pathway versus non-operative rehabilitation alone for young adult patients with a first-time shoulder dislocation

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN17897617
Enrollment
276
Registered
2026-05-07
Start date
2026-05-11
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-05-19

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Shoulder dislocation Musculoskeletal Diseases

Interventions

The trial is a multi-centre, 2-arm, parallel design, superiority randomised controlled trial with an embedded internal pilot (first six months of recruitment). The trial (including the internal pilot

Sponsors

University of Oxford
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to 30 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged between 16 and 30 years old 2. Medical imaging confirms dislocation of the shoulder

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Injury is more than 28 days old 2. The dislocation is recurrent 3. The dislocation is atraumatic 4. Patient has bilateral shoulder dislocations 5. Patient is unable to adhere to trial interventions or follow-up If further imagining is done for clinical reasons, additional exclusion criteria will apply: 6. Medical imaging suggests bone loss off the glenoid > 20% its diameter. 7. The shoulder dislocation is associated with a fracture of the humeral head (other than a “Hill-Sachs” fracture) 8. Evidence of full thickness rotator cuff tear, Humeral avulsion of the glenohumeral ligament, lesion or a labral tear that extends all the way around the glenoid (pan-labral tear)

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactHannah Crook
sorted@ndorms.ox.ac.uk+44 1865 227912

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 22, 2026