Virtual rehab after shoulder surgery: just as good as the real thing?
NCT ID NCT06744218
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares online physiotherapy (telerehabilitation) with standard in-person sessions for people who have had arthroscopic rotator cuff repair surgery. The goal is to see if the online option works just as well for reducing pain, improving shoulder movement, and helping daily activities. The study will include 46 adults aged 40 to 70 who start rehab within a week of leaving the hospital.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
-
About 46 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
-
Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
-
Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
-
40 to 70 years
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Male or female patients aged between 40 and 70 years * Patients undergoing arthroscopic repair surgery of the rotator cuff tendons * Start of outpatient treatment within 7 days of discharge from the Orthopedic Department of the Argenta and Delta hospitals * Continuation of rehabilitation care at the IOR Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine service in Argenta or at the Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Medicine service of the Delta Hospital. * Patients who have provided informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Previous shoulder surgeries * difficulty understanding the Italian language/language barrier * unavailability of IT devices or stable wi-fi connection by the patient
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Rotator cuff injuries are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
IRCCS Istituto ortopedico Rizzoli
RECRUITINGBologna, Italia, 40136, Italy
-
Ospedale del Delta
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLagosanto, Ferrara, 44023, Italy
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Can your beliefs about pain shape your shoulder disability?
- Could core strength hold the key to shoulder recovery?
- Could a simple steroid injection replace a catheter for shoulder surgery pain?
- Patch aims to cut rotator cuff Re-Tear rate after surgery
- Shoulder surgery debate: to repair or not to repair the rotator cuff?
- Which Non-Surgical treatment eases shoulder calcium pain best?