Status:
UNKNOWN
Radial Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (rESWT) Treatment of Subacromial Shoulder Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Oslo University Hospital
Conditions:
Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
Subacromial Shoulder Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
25-70 years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether rESWT (radial extracorporeal shock wave therapy) combined with supervised exercises will improve function and reduce pain in subacromial shoulder pain...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Dysfunction or pain on abduction
- Pain on one of two isometric tests (abduction or external rotation)
- Positive Hawkins sign
- Normal passive glenohumeral range of motion
Exclusion
- Previous surgery on affected shoulder
- Instability
- Total rupture of the rotator cuff (evaluated clinically or by US)
- Clinical signs of a cervical syndrome
- Infection in the area
- Exclusion criteria cont.
- Patients considered unable to fill out questionnaires or to go through the treatment
- Use of anticoagulant drugs or bleeding disorder
- Pregnancy
- Previous experience of one of the study interventions
- Corticosteroid injection in the past 6 weeks.
- SPADI \< 20
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
Estimated Enrollment :
150 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01441830
Start Date
September 1 2011
Last Update
December 18 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Oslo University Hospital, Ulleval, department for physical medicine and rehabilitation
Oslo, Oslo County, Norway, 0450