Status:
COMPLETED
Features to Predict Success With Nonoperative Treatment of Patients With Rotator Cuff Tears
Lead Sponsor:
Vanderbilt University
Collaborating Sponsors:
University of Colorado, Denver
Ohio State University
Conditions:
Rotator Cuff Tear
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-100 years
Brief Summary
The goal of this study is to find which patients will improve with the nonsurgical treatment of physical therapy for the treatment of rotator cuff tears.
Detailed Description
Rotator cuff tears are found in up to 40% of people over the age of 50 with the prevalence increasing with age. While most people remain asymptomatic, it is unknown why some develop symptoms. In sympt...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- • Patients (18-100 years of age) with MRI findings of a full-thickness rotator cuff tear
- Note: Criteria to obtain a shoulder MRI to evaluate for rotator cuff tear \[Appendix D\]:
- Significant weakness (≥ 2 points per guidelines above.)
- ADL pain or night pain \>/= 7 on VAS
- Significant impingement (per guidelines above) + with significant symptoms for ≥ 3 months.
Exclusion
- Acute rotator cuff tears (generally due to a high velocity injury and symptoms of less than one month)
- Associated dislocations
- Associated fractures
- Systemic Rheumatologic disease, i.e. Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosis
- Patients being treated for bilateral rotator cuff tears simultaneously
- Patients unable to complete the forms
- Pain from neck or scapula
- Previous shoulder surgery
- Glenohumeral arthritis (meets ≥ 1 of below criteria)
- osteophytes \>2mm on humeral head or glenoid
- Joint space narrowing with sclerosis or cyst formation seen on true AP or axillary radiographs;
- humeral head contacting acromion
- Adhesive capsulitis
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2006
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 11 2024
Estimated Enrollment :
452 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00762580
Start Date
January 1 2006
End Date
January 11 2024
Last Update
January 16 2024
Active Locations (9)
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1
University of California at San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States, 94143
2
Colorado University Sports Medicine
Boulder, Colorado, United States, 80304
3
Universtiy Of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242-1088
4
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington Universtiy School of Medicine
St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110