The Noergaard Technique for Anterior Shoulder Dislocation

NCT ID: NCT03649373

Last Updated: 2018-08-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

151 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-01-01

Study Completion Date

2016-12-15

Brief Summary

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In this paper we describe and evaluate the results of the Noergaard technique through a retrospective analysis of patients admitted and treated for anterior shoulder dislocation at the ED of Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Denmark, in a 1-year period.

Detailed Description

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Introduction

In this article the investigators describe the Noergaard technique for reduction of anterior shoulder dislocations. This is an atraumatic reduction method that has proven successful through several years of practice. The investigators describe and evaluate the results of this technique through a retrospective analysis of patients admitted and treated for anterior shoulder dislocation at the emergency department (ED) of Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Denmark, in a 1-year period.

Methods

In the Noergaard technique the patient is placed standing bend over forwards in front of the rail on a hospital bed, resting the forehead on the back of the non-affected forearm, which is put on the rail. The affected arm should now be relaxed and stretched, hanging straight down toward the floor. The patient is then instructed to attempt to relax and make pendular and circular motions with the affected arm hanging down.

Conditions

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Anterior Shoulder Dislocation

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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ED Patients

We retrospectively reviewed patient charts of all patients admitted for shoulder dislocation at the ED at Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre between January 1st 2014 and December 31st 2014. A total of 151 patients' charts were reviewed.

Noergaard technique

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

The patient is placed standing in an upright position in front of the rail on a hospital bed. Legs should be stretched with a wide well balanced stance. The patient is then instructed to bend forwards, resting the forehead on the back of the non-affected forearm, which is put on the rail. The affected arm should now be relaxed and stretched, hanging straight down toward the floor. The patient is then instructed to attempt to relax and make pendular and circular motions with the affected arm hanging down. Successful reduction occurs when sufficient muscle relaxation allows the humeral head to reposition to its natural position in the glenoid fossa. Often the patient will experience a popping sensation when the shoulder is reduced.

Interventions

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Noergaard technique

The patient is placed standing in an upright position in front of the rail on a hospital bed. Legs should be stretched with a wide well balanced stance. The patient is then instructed to bend forwards, resting the forehead on the back of the non-affected forearm, which is put on the rail. The affected arm should now be relaxed and stretched, hanging straight down toward the floor. The patient is then instructed to attempt to relax and make pendular and circular motions with the affected arm hanging down. Successful reduction occurs when sufficient muscle relaxation allows the humeral head to reposition to its natural position in the glenoid fossa. Often the patient will experience a popping sensation when the shoulder is reduced.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\- Patients have had a closed shoulder reduction performed at the emergency center of Hospital of Hvidovre between 1st of January 2014 and the 31st of December 2014.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with diagnosed severe arthrosis in the shoulder joint.
* Patients with malignancy in the humerus or scapula.
* Patients who have had a Total Shoulder Arthroplasty performed at the same side as the lunation.
* Patients with more than four previous shoulder reductions performed.
* Patients who have undergone operations on the same shoulder, but at different hospitals.
Minimum Eligible Age

14 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Nikolaj Erin-Madsen

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Nikolaj Erin-Madsen, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Copenhagen University Hospital of Hvidovre

References

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Canale ST, Beaty JH, Phillips BB. Recurrent dislocation in Canley and Beaty: Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics. 11th edition. Vol. 45. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier; 2007. pp. 2677-83.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Beattie TF, Steedman DJ, McGowan A, Robertson CE. A comparison of the Milch and Kocher techniques for acute anterior dislocation of the shoulder. Injury. 1986 Sep;17(5):349-52. doi: 10.1016/0020-1383(86)90161-0.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 3533776 (View on PubMed)

Manes HR. A new method of shoulder reduction in the elderly. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1980 Mar-Apr;(147):200-2.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 7371296 (View on PubMed)

Plummer D, Clinton J. The external rotation method for reduction of acute anterior shoulder dislocation. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 1989 Feb;7(1):165-75.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 2917505 (View on PubMed)

Marinelli M, de Palma L. The external rotation method for reduction of acute anterior shoulder dislocations. J Orthop Traumatol. 2009 Mar;10(1):17-20. doi: 10.1007/s10195-008-0040-4. Epub 2009 Jan 8.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19384630 (View on PubMed)

MILCH H. The treatment of recent dislocations and fracture-dislocations of the shoulder. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1949 Jan;31A(1):173-80. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18106759 (View on PubMed)

Canales Cortes V, Garcia-Dihinx Checa L, Rodriguez Vela J. Reduction of acute anterior dislocations of the shoulder without anaesthesia in the position of maximum muscular relaxation. Int Orthop. 1989;13(4):259-62. doi: 10.1007/BF00268508.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 2599702 (View on PubMed)

Erin-Madsen N, Ban I, Thomsen MG, Noergaard J, Tengberg PT. The Noergaard technique is a non-traumatic method for reduction of anterior shoulder dislocation. Dan Med J. 2021 Mar 17;68(4):A06200422.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33829988 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Noergaard Study

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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