Long Term Prognosis of MRI Diagnosed Partial Thickness Tears of the Rotator Cuff

NCT00779415 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: IRB26682EP
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 10
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Patients diagnosed with partial thickness tears of the rotator cuff are sometimes surgically repaired, while other cases are not. It is unknown how patients fare over time without electing surgical repair and how outcomes differ by type of injury.

Conditions

Rotator Cuff Tear

Keywords

Partial Thickness; Rotator Cuff

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Creation of a database of patients with partial rotator cuff tears documented by MRI.

  Retrospective review from 1/1/02 to 12/31/06, four years.

Study Arms (1)

Partial Rotator Cuff Tear

Patients who presented from 1/1/02 to 12/31/06 to Hershey Medical Center with complaint of shoulder pain and were treated by the Orthopaedic Department

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients who presented from 1/1/02 to 12/31/06 to Hershey Medical Center with complaint of shoulder pain and were treated by the Orthopaedic Department.

You may qualify if:

• Patients examined at the Hershey Medical Center from 1/1/02-12/31/06 with a documented MRI report of a partial thickness tear of the rotator cuff that was treated non-operatively.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Milton S. Hershey Medical Center: lead

Study Sites (1)

Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, United States

Location

Related Publications (5)

• Nakatani T, Fujita K, Iwasaki Y, Sakai H, Kurosaka M. MRI-negative rotator cuff tears. Magn Reson Imaging. 2003 Jan;21(1):41-5. doi: 10.1016/s0730-725x(02)00630-6.

  PMID: 12620544 BACKGROUND

• Ogilvie-Harris DJ, Wiley AM. Arthroscopic surgery of the shoulder. A general appraisal. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1986 Mar;68(2):201-7. doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.68B2.3958003.

  PMID: 3958003 BACKGROUND

• Yamanaka K, Matsumoto T. The joint side tear of the rotator cuff. A followup study by arthrography. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1994 Jul;(304):68-73.

  PMID: 8020236 BACKGROUND

• Yamaguchi K, Tetro AM, Blam O, Evanoff BA, Teefey SA, Middleton WD. Natural history of asymptomatic rotator cuff tears: a longitudinal analysis of asymptomatic tears detected sonographically. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2001 May-Jun;10(3):199-203. doi: 10.1067/mse.2001.113086.

  PMID: 11408898 BACKGROUND

• Yamaguchi K, Ditsios K, Middleton WD, Hildebolt CF, Galatz LM, Teefey SA. The demographic and morphological features of rotator cuff disease. A comparison of asymptomatic and symptomatic shoulders. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2006 Aug;88(8):1699-704. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.E.00835.

  PMID: 16882890 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Rotator Cuff Injuries

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Rupture; Wounds and Injuries; Shoulder Injuries; Tendon Injuries

Study Officials

• April D Armstrong, MD

  Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 22, 2008
• First Posted: October 24, 2008
• Study Start: July 1, 2008
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2012
• Study Completion: April 1, 2012
• Last Updated: February 27, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-02

Locations

US (1)