NCT04645329

Immobilization in Reverse Shoulder Prosthesis

Should Patients Undergoing Reverse Shoulder Prostheses Due to Arthropathy of the Rotator Cuff be Immobilized? Randomized Prospective Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hospital del Mar · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Reverse shoulder prostheses are the treatment of choice in elderly patients with rotator cuff arthropathy. Traditionally these patients have been immobilized for 3 weeks in the immediate postoperative period in order to have good pain control. However, there are no studies that determine the most appropriate period of immobilization. In fact, patients undergoing this type of surgery begin rehabilitation exercises within 24 hours of surgery without experiencing increased pain or requiring specific analgesic treatment. There is a demand in the elderly to limit immobilization time as much as possible, as some live alone and need to be self-sufficient and others have dependents. It would be good to know if it is really necessary to make an immobilization in these patients undergoing this type of surgery.

Conditions

• Rotator Cuff Tear Arthropathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	shoulder immovilization sling	immobilization of the arm after surgery

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-01
• Primary completion: 2022-04-30
• Completion: 2024-04-30
• First posted: 2020-11-27
• Last updated: 2022-03-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain