Rotator cuff injury
Conditions
Interventions
control group:Sham manual therapy
Sponsors
Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: ?Be between the ages of 18–65 years; ?Have anterolateral acromial area pain or pain with active shoulder elevation [17] and symptoms lasting 1 to 6 months; ?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; ?VAS score = 40 mm.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: ?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]; ?Glenohumeral osteoarthritis (OA) or other inflammatory arthritis; ?Frozen shoulder; ?Fracture or dislocation of the shoulder; ?History of neck or shoulder surgery; ?Severe osteoporosis; ?Neurological disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, tumour, Parkinsons disease or other neurological disorders ?Pregnancy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Constant-Murley Score; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| SF-36;acromion index, AI;acromial angle;the type of acromion;acromiohumeral distance, AHD;ROM;critical shoulder angle, CSA;VAS; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactXiaofeng Li
Shanghai Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Outcome results
None listed