Active clinical trials for "Rotator Cuff Injuries"

This is a post-marketing surveillance on Medacta Shoulder System

Shoulder tendon tears are a common cause of shoulder pain and disability and after surgery the repaired tendon often does not heal. In this pilot study, men with low sex hormone levels will be randomly assigned to receive sex hormone therapy or placebo pills while healing from tendon repair surgery in their shoulder. Sex hormone therapy increases sex hormone levels, and the investigators will test whether these increased sex hormone levels show promise in improving tendon healing and patient shoulder function and pain.

The purpose of this study is to compare the functional outcomes of patients with shoulder pathology treated with either ketorolac or corticosteroid injections, in a randomized double-blinded study. Investigators will compare the effectiveness of ketorolac compared to corticosteroid. Specific Aim 1: Hypothesis 1: Injection of the shoulder (in the subacromial space) with Ketorolac will be more effective than corticosteroid injection for the treatment of a variety of shoulder pathologies. The risks associated with this study primarily concern adverse reactions to the study drugs. The drugs used in this study are not narcotics or habit-forming but can have side effects. The patient's physician will screen for any heart, intestinal, or kidney disease or condition that would increase the chance for the patient to have an unwanted side effect.

Extra corporeal shock wave therapy is a treatment method in which high-amplitude sound waves are focused on the targeted body tissue Recently, Extra corporeal shock wave therapy has been proposed as an alternative treatment in patients not responding to pharmaceutical treatment.High power pain threshold ultrasound is the use of therapeutic ultrasound in a continuous mode; with the probe placed directly on affected area (supraspinatus tendon)

The objectives of this study are to confirm safety, performance and clinical benefits of the Anaverse™ Glenoid System and its instrumentation by analysis of standard scoring systems, radiographs and adverse event records.

Arthroscopic suture for complete and partial >50% thickness Rotator Cuff Tears (RCT) is the gold standard. However, there is no evidence of superiority of delayed postoperative mobilization protocols versus early ones, in terms of ROM, pain, quality of life and complications in last review published in 2019 by AAOS. Although, excessive immobilization can lead into stiffness, neuropathic pain or adhesive capsulitis. All of these are complications which can diminish patient quality of life or prolong their return to work or sports activities. This is an experimental, prospective, non-blind, comparative, randomized clinical trial, between two options of treatment. On one treatment branch, we will continue applying our standard postoperative 4 weeks immobilization rehabilitation program with a sling in adduction and internal rotation. On the other treatment branch, we will start passive mobilization during second week after surgery, including controlled external rotation movements. All recruited patients will be followed-up during 12 months. Our main objective is to compare differences in terms of functionality (using ASES scale). Secondary objectives are to compare differences in terms of ROM, functionality (using CMS and UCLA scales), pain (using VAS score), need of analgesic drugs, quality of life (using EQ-5D scale), return to previous work and sports activities, patient adhesion to protocol, complications and MRI rotator cuff retear ratio at 12 months follow-up. After this study, we hope to develop a new postoperative mobilization protocol for patients. This protocol will be focused on timing, and self-administrated exercises in order to involve patients in their recovery, in the fastest and safest way for them.

This study is a prospective randomized controlled study of Combined microfracture procedure promotes tendon healing during double raw repair for full tear rotator cuff. The patients with rotator cuff tear were randomly divided into groups before the operation. The patients were followed up before and 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 12 months and 24months after surgery. In different time periods, the quantitative and qualitative indicators including pain, functional score, muscle strength, MRI performance, etc. were compared between groups at the same time period to evaluate the difference in the effect of double raw repair combined with microfracture on the treatment of rotator cuff.

In this prospective study, subjects older than 55 years with a degenerative asymptomatic rotator cuff tears will be followed for a period of 2 years. After testing, a symptom registration form will be filled in every 3 months. The test moment consists of pain measurements (pain pressure thresholds and conditioned pain modulation), biomechanical measurements (strength (including hand grip strength), range of motion, ultrasound (while measuring electromyographic activity) and shear wave elastography) and psychosocial measurements (psychosocial questionnaires).

Through this prospective, single-arm cohort pilot study, we plan to explore the safety and effectiveness of Shoulder Radiofrequency Ablation (SRFA) in patients with non-operative chronic shoulder pain due to shoulder osteoarthritis with or without rotator cuff tears.

The purpose of this study is to see how well the ActiveMatrix® graft works at improving healing and function of the shoulder following rotator cuff repair surgery