Status:
COMPLETED
Psychosocial Factors of Persistent Shoulder Pain
Lead Sponsor:
Laval University
Conditions:
Shoulder Pain
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-60 years
Brief Summary
Several studies have shown that in chronic pain conditions, factors such as lack of positivity and resilience, pain catastrophizing, stress, anxiety and depression can contribute to the persistence an...
Detailed Description
A prospective cohort study will be conducted. One hundred and twelve individuals with rotator cuff related shoulder pain (RCRSP) will be evaluated twice: baseline and 6-month after baseline. At baseli...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Adults, aged between 18 and 60 years old;
- English or French speakers;
- Rotator cuff related shoulder pain symptoms - Rotator cuff related shoulder pain diagnosis will be based on the participant history and a clinical assessment performed by an experienced physiotherapist. Participants will have to present shoulder symptoms related to rotator cuff related shoulder pain, which is defined as:
- pain over the deltoid and/or upper arm region;
- pain associated with arm movement;
- familiar pain reproduced with loading or resisted testing during abduction and/or external rotation of the arm.
- Participants will also have to present at least one positive finding in each of the following categories:
- painful arc of movement;
- positive Neer's or Kennedy-Hawkins Test;
- pain on resisted external rotation, resisted abduction or Empty Can Test. A positive cluster of these criteria represents a valid diagnostic cluster;
- Minimal score of 12 points on the QuickDASH (based on its minimal clinically important difference \[MCID\]).
Exclusion
- clinical signs of full thickness rotator cuff tears;
- other shoulder disorders e.g. adhesive capsulitis (restriction of passive glenohumeral movement of at least 25% for 2 or more directions), severe osteoarthritis, fracture, dislocation, severe acromioclavicular joint pathology;
- previous shoulder surgery;
- presence of significant co-morbidity e.g. neurological disorders, rheumatoid arthritis;
- current or past carcinoma;
- unlikely to be able to perform required clinical assessment tasks or attend the required evaluation and intervention sessions;
- symptomatic cervical spine pathology, defined as reproduction of symptoms with active physiological cervical spine movements;
- corticosteroid injection in the last 6 weeks.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2022
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 30 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
112 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05328349
Start Date
April 1 2022
End Date
June 30 2023
Last Update
October 3 2023
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Dayana P Rosa
Québec, Quebec, Canada