A prospective randomized placebo controlled clinical trial of a rehabilitation programme for patients with a diagnosis of massive rotator cuff tears of the shoulder

Ainsworth, Roberta; Lewis, Jeremy; Conboy, Veronica

doi:10.1111/j.1758-5740.2009.00010.x

A prospective randomized placebo controlled clinical trial of a rehabilitation programme for patients with a diagnosis of massive rotator cuff tears of the shoulder

Background This article compares an exercise regime with a control treatment for the physiotherapy management of patients with massive rotator cuff tears. Methods The study design was a randomized placebo controlled trial of 60 patients with radiologically confirmed massive rotator cuff tears eva…