No Clinical Benefit of Supervised Physiotherapy vs Home Exercise After Rotator Cuff Reconstruction

How to Cite

OrthoEvidence. No Clinical Benefit of Supervised Physiotherapy vs Home Exercise After Rotator Cuff Reconstruction. ACE Report. 2020;9(11):4. Available from: https://myorthoevidene.com/AceReport/Report/12509

Study Type:Therapy

OE Level Evidence:1

Journal Level of Evidence:1

Effectiveness of supervised physiotherapy after arthroscopic rotator cuff reconstruction: a randomized controlled trial.

J Shoulder Elbow Surg.2020 Sep;29(9):1765-1774

Contributing Authors: P Karppi J Kukkonen T Kauko V Aarimaa A Ryosa

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Synopsis

Seventy patients with full-thickness supraspinatus tendon tears who underwent arthroscopic rotator cuff reconstruction were randomized to receive either supervised physiotherapy (n=35) or home exercises alone (n=35). The primary outcome of interest was the Constant Shoulder score at 1 year follow-up. The secondary outcomes of interest included the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain and the Subje...