NCT02929433

Cycloergometer and Rotator Cuff Tear

Conservative Treatment of Rotator Cuff Tear: The Role of Cycloergometer

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 38 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The cycloergometer is a mechanical device consisting of a bicycle frame fixed on a support base, designed to measure the amount of muscle work performed during exercise and the resistance to pedaling. The cycloergometer has been already employed in many fields of medicine. However, up to date, a little use of cycloergometer in the management of chronic joint diseases has been documented and scientific studies have not clarified if cycloergometer is effective in these diseases and, particularly, in Rotator Cuff Tear patients.

Detailed description

To evaluate the effects of cycloergometer on pain during activities (primary outcome) and shoulder functionality, the investigators performed a prospective randomized controlled study (pilot study) in patients with a symptomatic full-thickness RCT. Since cycloergometer works through a continuous active and passive joint mobilization, the investigators expect it can reduce pain and improve shoulder functionality becoming a useful tool for physicians in the management of RCT patients.

Conditions

• Rotator Cuff Tear

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Cycloergometer	Daily training of the RCT patients was provided by the use of a cycloergometer at home. Educational support once a month was guaranteed by a nurse of the telemedicine service

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2016-10-11
• Last updated: 2016-10-11