Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation as an Alternative to Outpatient Physiotherapy in the 1 Month After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Standard Treatment, Experimental Treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Rotator Cuff Injuries. Basic parameters: 40 years — 70 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Italy
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation as an Alternative to Outpatient Physiotherapy in the 1 Month After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery: Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial
Overview
The present study aims to verify whether telerehabilitation as an alternative to in-person treatment (both conducted by a physiotherapist) can be a valid option in terms of pain, recovery of the rom, shoulder functionality compared to those provided by therapy alone. face-to-face rehabilitation in patients undergoing arthroscopic rotator cuff repair surgery.
Interventions
- Procedure Standard Treatment
Patients who will be assigned to the control group and subjected to standard treatment (usual care at our clinic) will undergo a physiotherapy treatment of 8 in-person sessions for 4 post-operative weeks - Procedure Experimental Treatment
patients who will be assigned to the experimental group and subjected to the experimental treatment will undergo a physiotherapy treatment of 8 sessions in telerehabilitation for 4 post-operative weeks
Primary outcome measures
- Constant-Murley Score [Time frame: At baseline (day 0), after one months, after 3 months]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Mobility of the shoulder [Time frame: At baseline (day 0), after one months, after 3 months]
- Numeric rating scale [Time frame: At baseline (day 0), after one months, after 3 months]
- Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand [Time frame: at baseline, after 3 months and after 6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Male or female patients aged between 40 and 70 years
- Patients undergoing arthroscopic repair surgery of the rotator cuff tendons
- Start of outpatient treatment within 7 days of discharge from the Orthopedic Department of the Argenta and Delta hospitals
- Continuation of rehabilitation care at the IOR Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine service in Argenta or at the Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Medicine service of the Delta Hospital.
- Patients who have provided informed consent
Exclusion criteria
- Previous shoulder surgeries
- difficulty understanding the Italian language/language barrier
- unavailability of IT devices or stable wi-fi connection by the patient
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Italy · 2 centers
- Ospedale del Delta — Lagosanto
- IRCCS Istituto ortopedico Rizzoli — Bologna
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06744218 · Teleriab-Cuffia