Status:
COMPLETED
Compression and Cold Therapy on the Post-Operative Shoulder
Lead Sponsor:
University of Colorado, Denver
Conditions:
Postoperative Pain
Shoulder Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare clinical post-operative outcomes for patients using active cooling and compression device and those using ice bags and elastic wrap after acromiopl...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient has undergone unilateral Rotator cuff repair or Acromioplasty
- Willing to sign a consent form
- Able to follow study procedures
Exclusion
- Non-ambulatory
- Participation in concurrent investigational protocol
- Any bleeding coagulopathies
- Raynaud's disease or other vasospastic hypersensitivity or circulatory syndromes
- Hypertension (due to secondary vasoconstriction)
- Compromised local circulation (including localized compromise due to multiple surgical procedures)
- A history of vascular impairment (such as frostbite or arterial sclerosis)
- Cold allergy (cold urticaria) or prior adverse reactions to cold application
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Local limb ischemia
- Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria
- Cryoglobulinemia or any disease that produces a marked cold pressor response
- Inflammatory phlebitis
- Acute inflammations of the veins (thrombophlebitis)
- Decompensated cardiac insufficiency
- Arterial dysregulation
- Erysipelas
- Deep acute venal thrombosis (phlebothrombosis)
- Carcinoma and carcinoma metastasis in the affected extremity
- Decompensated hypertonia
- Pulmonary embolisms
- Congestive heart failure
- Pulmonary edema
- Suspected deep vein thrombosis
- Acute inflammatory skin diseases
- Infection
- Venous or arterial occlusive disease
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
58 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00703729
Start Date
June 1 2008
End Date
December 1 2014
Last Update
September 10 2015
Active Locations (1)
Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.
1
CU Sports Medicine
Boulder, Colorado, United States, 80304