Investigation of the Effect of Exercise Training on Psychosocial Outcomes in Rotator Cuff Tears

Investigation of the Effect of Exercise Training on Psychosocial Outcomes in Rotator Cuff

This study aimed to determine the psychosocial effects of exercise training in patients with rotator cuff tears.

This study aimed to determine the psychosocial effects of exercise training in patients with rotator cuff tears. Fifty voluntary patients with partial rotator cuff tear will be randomized into two groups: Supervised exercise group (SE) and home exercise (HE) group, for a standardized 8 weeks exercise program. The primary outcome is the Constant-Murley Score (CMS). The secondary outcomes are the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), active range of motion (AROM), Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSI), Short Form-12 (SF-12), and Global Rating of Change (GRC). Outcome measures will be performed at baseline and at the end of 8-week intervention.

Inclusion Criteria: Forty years of age or older patients that have been diagnosed for a partial rotator cuff tear that is unrelated to trauma by a specialist orthopedist with MRI and physical examination and no other shoulder problems on the diagnosed shoulder will be included into this study.

Exclusion Criteria: Patients diagnosed with full-thickness or massive rotator cuff tear, patients who undergone previous surgery, patients diagnosed with frozen shoulder or glenohumeral instability, and athletic patients younger than 40 years of age with symptoms of acute RC tear will not be included into this study.