NCT00782522

Effect Study of an Eccentric Training Program and Stretching for Patients With Chronical Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 69 (actual)
• Sponsor: University Ghent · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In the first part of the the study two new outcome measurements (force reproducibility and subacromial space) will be tested for reproducibility. Therefore 30 healthy people will be assessed. In a second part of the study 60 patients will be randomly allocated to two groups. Group A (n=30) will perform a traditional training program and group B (n=30) will perform an eccentric training program. Before the onset of the training programs, pain, function, maximal force, range of motion, subacromial space and force reproducibility will be assessed. Both training programs will be accomplished at home. The first six weeks there will be an appointment with the therapist once a week to explain, correct and when necessary, aggravate the exercises. The next six weeks these appointments will be diminished to once every two weeks. After 6 and after 12 weeks of training the patients will be reassessed for all the parameters.

Conditions

• Chronical Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Eccentric training program	Eccentric training program
PROCEDURE	Traditional training program	Traditional training program

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-04-01
• Primary completion: 2012-02-01
• Completion: 2012-02-01
• First posted: 2008-10-31
• Last updated: 2012-03-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium