NCT02740946

Enhanced Function and Quality of Life Following 5 Months of Exercise Therapy for Patients With Rotator Cuff Tears

Enhanced Function and Quality of Life Following 5 Months of Exercise Therapy for Patients With Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears - an Intervention Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effect of 5 months of exercise therapy for patients with irreparable rotator cuff tears.

Detailed description

All included patients will receive exercise therapy consisting of two exercises focusing on strengthening m. deltoideus anterior and m. teres minor.

Conditions

• Full Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise therapy	5 months of exercise therapy with two strengthening exercises focusing on m. deltoideus anterior and m. teres minor. Furthermore, a warm up exercise was applied.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-08-01
• Primary completion: 2015-01-01
• Completion: 2015-01-01
• First posted: 2016-04-15
• Last updated: 2016-04-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark