Long Term Prognosis of MRI Diagnosed Partial Thickness Tears of the Rotator Cuff

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00779415

Enrollment

Registered

2008-10-24

Start date

2008-07-31

Completion date

2012-04-30

Last updated

2015-02-27

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Conditions

Rotator Cuff Tear

Keywords

Partial Thickness, Rotator Cuff

Brief summary

Patients diagnosed with partial thickness tears of the rotator cuff are sometimes surgically repaired, while other cases are not. It is unknown how patients fare over time without electing surgical repair and how outcomes differ by type of injury.

Detailed description

We plan to conduct a retrospective cohort study to assemble a research database of all patients with shoulder pain from 1/1/02-12/31/06 presenting at the Hershey Medical Center. Participants will be identified using billing codes in the medical records office, with inclusion/exclusion criteria as described above. Data extraction will include medical record number, demographic data (age, race/ethnicity, sex, insurance type), pre-fracture functional status, pre-admission residence, medical co-morbidities, prior hospitalization within 30 days, abnormal clinical findings on admission, shoulder score, pain score, range of motion score, type of diagnosis (partial tear, full thickness tear, tendonitis, shoulder pain), occupation, past medical history, physical therapy and duration of physical therapy, cigarette/cigar use, drug use, alcohol use, treatment protocols (anti-inflammatory medication, injections, etc.), and complaints by patient of pain status.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients examined at the Hershey Medical Center from 1/1/02-12/31/06 with a documented MRI report of a partial thickness tear of the rotator cuff that was treated non-operatively.

Exclusion criteria

* Full thickness tear of the rotator cuff, surgically repaired rotator cuff, and patients who do not fit criteria listed in inclusion criteria.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Creation of a database of patients with partial rotator cuff tears documented by MRI.	Retrospective review from 1/1/02 to 12/31/06, four years.

Countries

United States

Outcome results