The Effect of a Pre-operative Exercise Program for Patients With Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear Waiting for Surgical Repair

The Effect of a Pre-operative Exercise Program on Pain and Function in Patients With Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear Waiting for Surgical Repair.

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02208752

Enrollment

Registered

2014-08-05

Start date

2014-06-30

Completion date

2014-10-31

Last updated

2014-08-05

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Conditions

Rotator Cuff Tears

Keywords

rotator cuff tears, ultrasound measure, pain, range of motion, muscle force

Brief summary

This is a randomised controlled study involving a group of 20 patients- 10 patients in a control group, 10 patients in treatment group. The treatment group consists of exercises with theraband for the shoulder and exercises of motor control of the scapula. The purpose of the study is to measure the effects of a pre-operative physiotherapy program for patients awaitng for rotator cuff surgery, The duration of the pilot project is 4 weeks.

Detailed description

This study is taken place in a genral hospital using the waiting list in the orthopedic surgery department- only patients awaitng for rotator cuff surgery are included. a randomised process of a block will be used. There will be 2 groups of patients an active comparator and no intervention. All patients at the beginning of the project and after 4 weks will have an evaluation on range of motion, strength, acromial humeral mesurement done by ultrasound and questionnaire on pain(DASH) and quality of life( WORC). At 8 weeks all patients will fill in the 2 questionnaires on DASH and WORC.

Interventions

OTHERExercises

exercise program on strengthening the rotator cuff muscles and motor control of the scapula

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

20 Years to 75 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Patients waitng for surgery at Cite de la Sante Hospital

Exclusion criteria

* Glenohumeral Arthirtis * Shoulder fracture * Corticosteriod injections * Rupture of rotator cuff tear of more than 3 cm * CSST- Workman's compensation * Central and peripheral neuropathy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
WORC questionnaire	30 days	To evaluate function and quality of life at 0 weeks and 4 weeks

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
DASH questionnaire	30 days	To evaluate pain at 0 weeks and 4 weeks
Ultrasound measures	30 days	Mesurement distance of acromial-humerale distance at 0 and 4 weeks
range of motion	30 days	measurement of joint movement (active and passif range of motion) with goniometer at 0 and 4 week
strength	30 days	measurement of isometric strength with the Nicolas dynamometer at 0 week and 4 week.

Countries

Canada

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026