Injury of Shoulder Region, Rotator Cuff Syndrome
Conditions
Keywords
rotator cuff, shoulder reconstruction
Brief summary
The overall purpose of this work is to use a prospective cohort study to examine patient-specific but shoulder-extrinsic factors and how they influence the results of rotator cuff surgery. There are undoubtedly many factors that play a role in patient outcome, however, this project will focus on three: the effect of gender on outcome, the effect of mood disorders and coping style on outcome, and the effect of patient height and reach on outcome after rotator cuff surgery. It is hypothesized that these factors will have a significant influence over outcomes.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University of Calgary
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
35 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Referred for surgical treatment of predominantly unilateral rotator cuff syndrome
Exclusion criteria
* unable to speak or read English * unable to complete 12 month follow-up * significant cervicogenic arm and shoulder pain in the affected arm * significant chronic pain diagnoses felt at least as likely to be the cause of the symptoms as the rotator cuff condition as evaluated by the surgeon
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Western Ontario Rotator Cuff score (WORC) | 1 year | WORC scores will be compared at 12 months between the groups (males versus females) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Overall change in WORC (male versus female) | 1 year | Evaluation of the overall change in WORC score by gender |
| Rate of change in WORC (male versus female) | 1 year | Evaluation of the rate of change in WORC score over 1 year between male and female |
| Rate of change in visual analogue scale (VAS) (male versus female) | 1 year | Evaluation of the rate of change in VAS score over 1 year between male and female |
| Rate of change in SF-36 (short-form 36) response scores (male versus female) | 1 year | Evaluation of the rate of change in SF-36 scores over 1 year between male and female |
| Rate of change of satisfaction with surgical outcome (male versus female) | 1 year | Evaluation of the rate of change in satisfaction with surgical outcome between male and female over 1 year |
| Prevalence of anxiety and depression at baseline | Baseline data | Evaluation of the HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale) at baseline to determine the prevalence of mood disorder |
| WORC score correlated to gender, PCS, HADS | 1 year | — |
| Improvement in HADS | 1 year | Evaluation of HADS scores over 1 year to determine improvement from baseline |
| Height (males versus females) | baseline | Evaluation of the difference in height between genders |
| Change in reach over time | 1 year | Evaluation of forward reach to determine the change from baseline to one year |
| WORC score by HADS score | 1 year | — |
| WORC score by PCS score | 1 year | — |
| WORC score by forward reach | 1 year | — |
| Prevalence of catastrophizing at baseline | Baseline data | Evaluation of the PCS (Pain Catastrophizing Score) at baseline to determine the prevalence catastrophizing |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed