作者
Chris Littlewood, Peter Malliaras, Sue Mawson, Stephen May, Stephen J Walters
发表日期
2014/3/1
期刊
Physiotherapy
卷号
100
期号
1
页码范围
54-60
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Objectives
Rotator cuff tendinopathy is a common source of shoulder pain characterised by persistent and/or recurrent problems for a proportion of sufferers. The aim of this study was to pilot the methods proposed to conduct a substantive study to evaluate the effectiveness of a self-managed loaded exercise programme versus usual physiotherapy treatment for rotator cuff tendinopathy.
Design
A single-centre pragmatic unblinded parallel group pilot randomised controlled trial.
Setting
One private physiotherapy clinic, northern England.
Participants
Twenty-four participants with rotator cuff tendinopathy.
Interventions
The intervention was a programme of self-managed loaded exercise. The control group received usual physiotherapy treatment.
Main outcomes
Baseline assessment comprised the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) and the Short-Form 36, repeated three months post randomisation.
Results
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