Abstract The study included 100 patients who under- went an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. All patients suf- fered about a rotator cuff tear that was repaired arthroscopically with a suture anchor technique. Immedi- ately postoperatively, patients were randomly allocated to one of two different postoperative physiotherapy regimens: passive self-assisted range of motion exercise (controls: 46 patients) versus passive self-assisted range of motion exercise associated with use of continuous passive motion (CPM) for a total of 2 h per day (experimental group: 54 patients), for 4 weeks. After this time, all the patients of both groups underwent the same physical therapy protocol. An independent examiner assessed the patients at 2.5, 6 and 12 months particularly about pain with the VAS scale (0–10) and the range of motion (ROM). Our findings show that postoperative treatment of an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair with passive self-assisted exercises associated with 2-h CPM a day provides a significant advantage in terms of ROM improvement and pain relief when compared to passive self-assisted exercise alone, at the short-term fol- low-up. No significant differences between the two groups were observed at 1 year postoperatively

Effects of one month’s continuous passive motion after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: results of a prospective randomized trial

Castagna A
2010-01-01

Abstract

Abstract The study included 100 patients who under- went an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair. All patients suf- fered about a rotator cuff tear that was repaired arthroscopically with a suture anchor technique. Immedi- ately postoperatively, patients were randomly allocated to one of two different postoperative physiotherapy regimens: passive self-assisted range of motion exercise (controls: 46 patients) versus passive self-assisted range of motion exercise associated with use of continuous passive motion (CPM) for a total of 2 h per day (experimental group: 54 patients), for 4 weeks. After this time, all the patients of both groups underwent the same physical therapy protocol. An independent examiner assessed the patients at 2.5, 6 and 12 months particularly about pain with the VAS scale (0–10) and the range of motion (ROM). Our findings show that postoperative treatment of an arthroscopic rotator cuff repair with passive self-assisted exercises associated with 2-h CPM a day provides a significant advantage in terms of ROM improvement and pain relief when compared to passive self-assisted exercise alone, at the short-term fol- low-up. No significant differences between the two groups were observed at 1 year postoperatively
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