Rotator cuff injury
Conditions
Interventions
Treatment group:Electroacupuncture Combined with Basic Rehabilitation Training
Sponsors
Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
40 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age 40~75 years, gender; 2. Symptoms and signs Clinical Practice Guidelines for Rotator Cuff Injuries by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; 3. Preoperative diagnosis of rotator cuff tear via MRI, with Ellman classification of <5 cm full-thickness tear (including supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and teres minor), confirmed arthroscopically during surgery; 4. Undergoing ARCR for a single-sided rotator cuff (as ARCR is typically performed alongside other procedures, such as subacromial decompression and distal clavicle resection, to enhance generalizability in this study, patients' ARCR surgery may be combined with these procedures); 5. Voluntarily participating in this study, willing to undergo examinations, treatments, and follow-up visits.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients with shoulder pain and restricted shoulder joint movement caused by cervical disc herniation, shoulder joint tumors, shoulder dislocation, fractures, or glenohumeral lesions; 2. Patients with a torn rotator cuff, specifically a tear of the subscapularis tendon; 3. Patients with a history of shoulder or neck surgery; 4. Patients excluded if the contralateral shoulder has a rotator cuff tear, shoulder arthritis, fractures, labral injuries, or other conditions that preclude them from serving as healthy controls; 5. Patients with severe primary diseases of the heart, liver, kidneys, hematopoietic system, endocrine system, immune system, or nervous system; severe osteoporosis; tumors; or mental illness; 6. Patients with a history of alcohol or narcotic drug abuse or pain management with opioid medications; 7. Patients with allergies to acupuncture needles, local skin diseases, ulcers, infections, needle syncope, or blood disorders (e.g., coagulation disorders or bleeding disorders).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Constant Murley shoulder function score; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The time for CMS to reach the minimal clinically important difference (MCID);Shoulder joint active range of motion;Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index;Pain visual analogue scale;Response Rate;Magnetic Resonance Image; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactZhao jinzhong
Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University
Outcome results
None listed