

When the participant could carry out these activities supine, the head of the treatment couch was gradually inclined until they were able to perform the exercises in a sitting position. The participant was then taught to control the arm with sways in a 20 degree arc before elevating and lowering the arm using a weight of approximately 0.75 kg. The participant was taught to start with a flexed elbow and to raise the arm to a vertical position. Intervention: exercise‐based rehabilitation programmeĬomponents of intervention: the programme was usually started with the participant lying in a supine position. Number randomised: 30 mean (range) age = 78 (68‐88) years male/female = 15/15 duration of symptoms: not reported Number randomised: 30 mean (range) age = 78.4 (65‐96) years male/female = 14/16 duration of symptoms: not reported Involved in industrial claim or litigation Neurological abnormality affecting shoulder complex

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Radiological diagnosis of full thickness tear of > 5 cm Intervention: Exercise, therapeutic ultrasound, glucocorticoid injection and adviceĬontrol: Therapeutic ultrasound, glucocorticoid injection and adviceĭiagnostic label used by trialists: Rotator cuff tearĬriteria for defining the shoulder condition being treated Setting: One district general hospital and 9 local community hospitals, United Kingdom
