Motions of the Bones and Activation of the Muscles of the Shoulder Girdle During Basic and Common Arm Movement

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

45 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-01-28

Study Completion Date

2022-12-30

Brief Summary

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A comprehensive understanding of healthy shoulder motion is a valuable contribution to the academic literature and provides a basis of comparison for various shoulder pathologies and treatments. However, the medical community is primarily interested in how pathology affects shoulder function and the underlying musculoskeletal reasons for impaired function associated with specific pathologies. Rotator cuff tears (RCT) provide an excellent model to study shoulder biomechanics because RCTs can cause significant functional impairment and can be quantified in size and location using standard clinical imaging techniques.

Upon completion of this study a comprehensive database of three-dimensional joint angles and EMG patterns of the structures of the shoulder joint complex of dominant and non-dominant during common activities of daily living will be available for healthy subjects and those of subjects whose dominant limbs are impaired by rotator cuff tears. These data will show normal muscle activations and movement patterns required to complete activities of daily living and compare them to the movement, and muscle activation patterns of persons who exhibit muscular and movement dysfunction due to rotator cuff tears.

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Detailed Description

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Rotator cuff tears occur in approximately 20% of patients older than 65 years and increase with age. These non-traumatic RCTs are generally caused by normal age-related degeneration. Surgical treatment is effective, however recurrence of injury is common especially when the original tear was caused by age related degeneration. Non-surgical treatment options are designed to decrease pain and improve performance of activities of daily living and may be an effective alternative to surgery. If non-surgical treatment options are unsuccessful, surgical treatment may be considered. When rotator cuff tears are treated surgically, postoperative rehabilitation is an important factor in determining outcome success, however there is uncertainty regarding the best protocols for post-surgery rehabilitation. Evidence suggests that a more complete understanding of motion and muscle activation is necessary to design effective and reliable rehabilitation programs for rotator cuff injuries.

These data will enable medical professionals to better answer a range of clinical questions. They will provide health care professionals and researchers with a knowledge of relative muscle contributions to specific joint motions required to perform activities of daily living. This information is well suited to refine input variables for computer models and robotic testing platforms which can improve virtual and cadaver testing of shoulder impairment and repair models. Understanding the limitations to movement caused by RCT, and the resulting muscle activation patterns, will inform better surgical indications and enable therapists to better design rehabilitation protocols to enhance recovery from rotator cuff tears with or without surgery, as well as develop programs to limit future tears. Knowledge of muscle activation patterns during activities of daily living will also allow pre-habilitation protocols to be tailored for a subsequent surgical procedure such as reverse shoulder arthroplasty. These data will also assist in the design of shoulder prostheses whose biomechanical characteristics will compensate for deficiencies present in a shoulder joint impaired by rotator cuff injury. The knowledge gained from this study will provide a basis for future studies investigating traumatic shoulder injuries and the design of effective rehabilitation protocols for such injuries.

Conditions

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Rotator Cuff Tears

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Healthy validation subjects

Healthy subjects who meet the inclusion criteria and participate in data collection for the purpose of developing and validating the biomechanical models used to track scapular motion

No interventions assigned to this group

Healthy comparison subjects

Healthy subjects who meet the inclusion criteria and participate in data collection for comparison of shoulder motion and muscle activation patterns with RCT subjects

No interventions assigned to this group

RCT subjects

Subjects who have sustained a major rotator cuff tear

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

All subjects

* Right hand dominant
* English speaking
* Subjects who have read and signed IRB approved informed consent for the study.

RCT subjects:

* Chronic right-side side shoulder pain with documented rotator cuff tear involving 2 or more tendons, and greater than 5cm as diagnosed by MRI
* Exhibit right rotator cuff disfunction without corresponding changes in the glenohumeral joint.
* Weakness of right rotator cuff isolated function based on clinical exam findings.
* Fatty infiltration grade 2 or more for involved muscle bellies based on MRI findings.

Exclusion Criteria

* Unable to achieve 30º of external rotation and 140º of elevation in the scapular plane, where the limitations are not due to cuff tear associated pain.
* Diagnosis of osteoarthritis of the shoulder on their right side.
* History of musculoskeletal injury or disorder affecting any part of the right arm except the rotator cuff of the shoulder.
* History of musculoskeletal injury or disorder affecting any part of the left arm.
* Any musculoskeletal injury or disorder which prevents the subject standing unassisted for an extended period.
* Parkinson's disease.
* History of cerebral vascular accident.
* Pregnant.
* Current Incarceration.

Minimum Eligible Age

50 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes