Status:
UNKNOWN
The Effectiveness of Therapeutic Ultrasound in the Treatment of Calcific Tendinitis of the Shoulder
Lead Sponsor:
Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb
Conditions:
Rotator Cuff Tendinitis
Shoulder Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Rotator cuff tendinitis (RCT) has a prevalence between 2.7 and 22%, and predominantly affects middle-aged women. The pathophysiology has not been fully elucidated to date. RCT is characterized by hydr...
Detailed Description
The research will be conducted in the Clinic for Rheumatic Diseases and Rehabilitation, University Hospital Center Zagreb. The research will be a double-blind randomized control prospective study. Ran...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- symptomatic RCT (VAS pain ≥ 4 + limited shoulder mobility) with D-ultrasound calcification size ≥ 5 mm
- calcification type I and II according to Chiou HJ et al.
- disease duration ≥ 2 months
Exclusion
- asymptomatic RCT or RCT with mild symptoms (VAS pain ≤ 3 + normal shoulder mobility)
- calcification size \< 5 mm, type III and IV calcification according to Chiou HJ et al.
- duration symptoms less than 2 months
- rotator cuff tendon rupture
- adhesive capsulitis
- application of corticosteroids in the examined shoulder in the previous 3 months
- glucocorticoid therapy
- physical shoulder therapy in the previous 6 months
- shock wave therapy in the previous 12 months
- prior percutaneous calcification irrigation
- current cervical or cervicobrachial pain syndrome
- inflammatory rheumatic disease
- scapular dyskinesia with positive assisted and repository scapular test
- subacromial/subdeltoid bursitis
- recent trauma or malignancy
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2021
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
January 1 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
42 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04822779
Start Date
April 1 2021
End Date
January 1 2023
Last Update
April 1 2021
Active Locations (1)
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University Department for Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagre
Zagreb, City of Zagreb, Croatia, 10000