Feasibility study: one year fortnightly follow-up of the evolution of supra-spinatus degeneration via text-messages.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The clinical follow-up of patients for degeneration of the supraspinatus tendon is limited by the lack of objective assessment of pain evolution over time. We therefore tested a new method to collect follow-up data on patients treated either by surgical cuff repair or rehabilitation.

Objectives

We report the feasibility this method in terms of recruitment of clinicians and patients and their compliance.

Methods

In this multicenter longitudinal observational study, between September 2015 and March 2019, patients consulting either for surgical repair or rehabilitation were examined at baseline and after twelve months by their clinician, including the Mini-DASH questionnaire. Fortnightlys, during one year, patients were asked about number of days their shoulde

SUBMITTER: Vincent K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7640667 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature