NCT03445494

Shoulder Abduction Brace Against Normal Sling After Arthroscopical Rotator Cuff Suture.

Shoulder Abduction Brace Against Normal Sling After Arthroscopical Rotator Cuff Suture: a Randomized Monocentric Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 108 (actual)
• Sponsor: Christian Candrian · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 72 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The patient undergoes arthroscopic surgery to treat rotator cuff injury. At the end of the surgery, the patient will be randomized into group A (brace) or group B (normal sling). Both groups will be also treated according to standard of care with physiotherapy and progressive introduction of movements.

Detailed description

The patient undergoes arthroscopic surgery to treat rotator cuff injury. At the end of the surgery, the patient will be randomized into group A (brace) or group B (normal sling). Both groups will then perform only passive movements according to pain for the first 6 weeks supported by the physiotherapy, according to standard therapy. The following six weeks passive movements will be associated with active movements . No brace nor normal sling will be used anymore. Patients are in study for 6 months. During this period quality of life and pain questionnaires are submitted to the patients and a MRI will be done at the end of the study.

Conditions

• Supraspinatus Injury

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Brace	A brace to be weared according to protocol
PROCEDURE	Normal sling	A normal sling to be weared according to protocol

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-10
• Primary completion: 2023-07-11
• Completion: 2023-07-11
• First posted: 2018-02-26
• Last updated: 2023-09-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland