Status:
COMPLETED
Immobilization in External Rotation of Acute Shoulder Dislocations
Lead Sponsor:
Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation
American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons
Conditions:
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation
Eligibility:
All Genders
15-30 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether immobilizing the affected shoulder of first time anterior shoulder dislocation patients in external rotation (vs immobilization in traditional interna...
Detailed Description
Immobilizing the affected shoulder of first time anterior shoulder dislocation patients in external rotation (vs immobilization in traditional internal rotation)should reduce the rate of recurrent dis...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- skeletally mature patients less than 30 years of age
- sustained an acute, first-time, traumatic anterior dislocation of the shoulder as defined by; i. Mechanism of abduction, external rotation ii. Sudden pain in the shoulder iii. Manipulative reduction required or iv. Radiograph documenting a dislocated joint
- willing to participate in follow-up for at least two years
Exclusion
- incompetent or unwilling to consent
- inability or unwillingness to comply with rehabilitative protocol or required follow-up assessments
- previous instability of the affected shoulder
- significant associated fracture (exception Hill Sachs or Bankart lesions)
- concomitant ipsilateral upper extremity injuries which may affect the patient's ability to participate in, or benefit from, a rehabilitative program
- a history of significant ligamentous laxity or demonstrated multi-directional instability of the contralateral shoulder
- neurovascular compromise of the affected limb
- a medical condition making the patient unable to wear a brace or sling
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
50 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00196560
Start Date
September 1 2003
End Date
June 1 2007
Last Update
November 30 2015
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Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic
London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 3K7