NCT03425357

Sonoelastography of the Supraspinatus Tendon

Responsiveness of Sonoelastography in the Supraspinatus Tendon

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 23 (actual)
• Sponsor: Karen Brage · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study aims a determine the responsiveness of sonoelastography in the tendinopathy-affected supraspinatus tendon.

Detailed description

The trial will include 20 patients diagnosed with supraspinatus tendinopathy from one orthopaedic shoulder clinic in Denmark. The intervention will consist of an exercise program including lowload exercises with elastics and dumbbells, targeting the rotator cuff in a 12 weeks home-exercise program with two control visits at a physiotherapy department at the hospitals. Tissue elasticity (measured by sonoelastography) is used as the primary outcome and is measured 12 weeks post baseline

Conditions

• Elasticity Imaging Techniques
• Tendinopathy
• Rotator Cuff Tendinitis
• Musculoskeletal Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Low Load Exercises	All rotator cuff and scapular exercises are performed with 3 sets of 20 repetitions 3 times per week for 12 weeks. The load is set at around 60% of 1 RM (20 reps). The glenohumeral/postural corrective exercises are performed with 3 sets of 5 repetitions (The position is held for 15 seconds per repetition).

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-03-25
• Primary completion: 2019-08-15
• Completion: 2019-08-21
• First posted: 2018-02-07
• Last updated: 2019-08-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark