Status:
COMPLETED
The Influence of Eccentric Training on the Volume and Vascularisation of the Rotator Cuff in Patients With Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy and Healthy Subjects
Lead Sponsor:
University Ghent
Collaborating Sponsors:
Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders, Belgium
Conditions:
Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-40 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Patients with rotator cuff tendinopathy make up a large part of the population in physiotherapy practice. The rotator cuff, a shoulder muscle group, plays an important role in causing pain. Tendons su...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria Patients:
- Male/ Female
- 18-40 years old
- Unilateral shoulder pain for at least 3 months
- Pain of at least 3/10 on a visual analogue scale
- Painful arc or pain at end range abduction
- 2/3 impingement tests positive
- 2/4 resistance tests positive
- Pain at insertion rotator cuff
- Exclusion Criteria Patients:
- Spurling test positive
- Shoulder surgery in the past
- Osteoarthritis shoulder
- Full thickness ruptures
- Inclusion Criteria Healthy subjects:
- Male/ Female
- 18-40 years old
- Exclusion Criteria Healthy subjects:
- Shoulder pain during the last 3 months
- Shoulder surgery in the past
- Neck pain or disability
- Systemic disease (e.g. Marfan, Ehlers Danlos,…)
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01423682
Start Date
April 1 2012
End Date
June 1 2015
Last Update
November 19 2021
Active Locations (1)
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University Hospital Ghent
Ghent, Belgium, 9000