Status:

TERMINATED

Patient-based Care Versus Standard Care for Patients With hEDS/HSD and Multidirectional Shoulder Instability

Lead Sponsor:

University Ghent

Conditions:

Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Hypermobility Syndrome

Eligibility:

FEMALE

18-65 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

For hEDS or HSD patients with MDI, a multidisciplinary treatment approach is suggested. As follows, physiotherapy plays a key role in this integrative management. Nevertheless, knowledge regarding EDS...

Detailed Description

The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the value of two telerehabilitation exercise programs for treating multidirectional shoulder instability (MDI) in patients diagnosed with the hypermobile...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Female
  • 18-65 years
  • Patients diagnosed by a medical doctor with generalized HSD or hEDS, according to the diagnostic criteria for hEDS and HSD as stated in the recently published international classification for the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes
  • Patients diagnosed with multidirctional shoulder instability (MDI): The diagnosis of MDI was confirmed when 1) patients reported symptoms of shoulder instability in daily life (e.g. recurrent subluxations) without a traumatic onset; 2) patients scored positive on shoulder laxity and instability tests (i.e. sulcus sign, anterior and posterior load and shift, posterior jerk, Gagey hyperabduction test, passive and active external rotation in supine, apprehension and relocation test) in at least two directions; 3) patients had shoulder pain for at least three months prior to the study.

Exclusion

  • pregnancy during study participation
  • patients who started a new physiotherapeutic treatment in the 2 weeks prior to the study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 9 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 9 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

21 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04666896

Start Date

May 9 2019

End Date

July 9 2020

Last Update

March 22 2021

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Ghent University, department of rehabilitation sciences

Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium, 9000