A neuromuscular exercise programme versus standard care for patients with traumatic anterior shoulder instability: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (the SINEX study).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Anterior shoulder dislocation is a common injury and may have considerable impact on shoulder-related quality of life (QoL). If not warranted for initial stabilising surgery, patients are mostly left with little to no post-traumatic rehabilitation. This may be due to lack of evidence-based exercise programmes. In similar, high-impact injuries (e.g. anterior cruciate ligament tears in the knee) neuromuscular exercise has shown large success in improving physical function and QoL. Thus, the objective of this trial is to compare a nonoperative neuromuscular exercise shoulder programme with standard care in patients with traumatic anterior shoulder dislocations (TASD).

Methods/design

Randomised, assessor-blinded, controlled, multicentre trial. Eighty patients with a T

SUBMITTER: Eshoj H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5331774 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature