NCT00586742

SLAP Lesions; a Comparison of Conservative and Operative Treatment. A Prospective, Randomized Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 118 (actual)
• Sponsor: Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether there is a difference between conservative and operative treatment of Superior Labral Lesions(SLAP)of the shoulder.

Detailed description

Treatment of superior labral lesions is controversial. Some authors advocate labral repair, some advocate biceps tenodesis,and others again questions whether these lesions should be repaired at all. There are no randomized studies comparing operative treatment and conservative treatment(i.e. physical rehabilitation), and likewise no randomized studies comparing labral repair and biceps tenodesis. In this study;all patients who have a patient history, clinical signs of a SLAP lesion,a MRI study revealing an isolated superior labral lesion and have agreed to participate in the study, will have a diagnostic arthroscopy performed. If a SLAP lesion is diagnosed, the patients are randomized to three different groups:1) SLAP repair with suture anchors 2) Biceps tenodesis 3) Physical therapy

Conditions

• SLAP Lesions

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	labral repair	labral repair with suture anchors
PROCEDURE	biceps tenodesis	biceps tenodesis with suture anchor
PROCEDURE	diagnostic arthroscopy	diagnostic arthroscopy

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-01-01
• Primary completion: 2016-04-01
• Completion: 2016-04-01
• First posted: 2008-01-04
• Last updated: 2016-05-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway