The Effects of Yoga on Patients With Rotator Cuff Injuries

March 22, 2017 updated by: Joy MacDermid, Lawson Health Research Institute
To determine if patients who undergo a 6-week online yoga exercise treatment differ from those who undergo a 6-week online standard exercise intervention and patients who do not undergo any treatment (the control).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Patients awaiting rotator cuff surgery spend months waiting for a doctor's consultation and even longer for surgery. The proposed study is to see if there is a difference between three groups: patients who follow an online yoga video, patients who follow an online standard exercises video and patients who do not undergo either treatment (control).

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

10

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Canada
    • Ontario
      • London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 4L6
        • St. Joseph Health Care

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

16 years to 68 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • minimum 18 years old
  • rotator cuff injury
  • access to YouTube

Exclusion Criteria:

  • under 18 years of age
  • patient has past yoga experience
  • patient will/has undergone any surgery other than rotator cuff

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: yoga intervention
patients in the group are asked to follow an online video instructing them various yoga poses. Patients in this group are asked to do the yoga exercises 2-3 times a week, for a total of 6 weeks.
Procedure: yoga
patients watch and follow an online yoga video.
Experimental: standard exercises intervention
patients in this group are asked to follow an online standard exercises video. Patients in this group are asked to follow specific exercises 2-3 times a day, for a total of 6 weeks.
Procedure: standard exercises
patients watch and follow an online standard exercises video.
No Intervention: control
patients in this group carry forth with their daily activities. They are not asked to follow the online yoga video or the online standard exercise video.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (Pain Level)
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (self-report)
6 weeks
Range of motion (Shoulder Impairment)
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Shoulder range of motion will be measured using a goniometer (performance-based).
6 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Treatment satisfaction
Time Frame: 6 weeks
Yes/No question about overall satisfaction (self-report).
6 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Lawson Health Research Institute

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Joy MacDermid, PhD, Western University, Canada
  • Principal Investigator: Dolly Mehta, M.Sc., Western University, Canada

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

October 20, 2015

Primary Completion (Actual)

October 20, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

October 20, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 13, 2015

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 17, 2015

First Posted (Estimate)

August 19, 2015

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 24, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 22, 2017

Last Verified

March 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • HSREB2015

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

Undecided

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