Is early passive motion exercise necessary after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair?

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

CRIS

Registry ID

KCT0000123

Enrollment

105

Registered

2011-06-10

Start date

2008-07-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2019-03-11

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Others : Patients were instructed to wear an abduction brace for 4?5 weeks after surgery and start active-assistive motion after brace weaning. group 1: early passive motion exercises were conducted

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients who had a small-to-medium-sized (less than 3 cm) full-thickness rotator cuff tear confirmed by preoperative MR arthrography (MRA) and arthroscopy, and underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: We excluded patients with preoperative shoulder stiffness, concomitant glenohumeral pathologies (e.g., SLAP lesion, Bankart lesion), any previous shoulder surgery, and large or massive cuff tear (larger than 3 cm in size or two tendon tears).

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Range of shoulder motion	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
pain visual analogue scale, various functional assessment (Constant score, Simple Shoulder Test, American Shoulder and Elbow score), anatomical outcome (sono, CT, MRI)	—

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactSeok Won Chung

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

Outcome results