Effectiveness of early compared with conservative rehabilitation for patients having rotator cuff repair surgery: an overview of systematic reviews.

Mazuquin, BF, Wright, AC, Russell, S, Monga, P, Selfe, James and Richards, J (2016) Effectiveness of early compared with conservative rehabilitation for patients having rotator cuff repair surgery: an overview of systematic reviews. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 52. pp. 111-121. ISSN 0306-3674

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Abstract

The aim is to critically analyse and discuss the current literature and determine the effectiveness of rehabilitation for patients after surgical repair of rotator cuff tears for range of motion (ROM), pain, functional status and retear rates; in addition, an update of new literature is included.Overview of systematic reviews.A search was performed with no restrictions to date of publication and language in the following databases: EBSCO, AMED, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, EMBASE, Cochrane, LILACS, MEDLINE, PEDro, Scielo, SCOPUS and Web of Knowledge. The PRISMA guideline was followed to develop this review and the R-AMSTAR tool was used for critical appraisal of included reviews.Only systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing the effectiveness of early with conservative rehabilitation, after surgical repair of the rotator cuff, were included. Moreover, the studies should report ROM, pain, functional status and/or retears rates before and after 3-24 months of the surgery.10 systematic reviews and 11 RCTs were included for the final analysis. Conflicting results and conclusions were presented by the systematic reviews, the use of primary studies varied; also the methodological quality of the reviews was diverse. This updated review, with new meta-analysis, showed no difference for function, pain, ROM or retears ratio between early and conservative rehabilitation.Early mobilisation may be beneficial, particularly for small and medium tears; however, more studies with higher quality are required, especially for patients with large tears who have been given less attention.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	24 Mar 2017 09:01
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group
Additional Information:	This is an Open Access article published in British Journal of Sports Medicine, published by BMJ Publishing Group, copyright The Author(s).
Divisions:	Faculties > Health and Education
Subject terms:	Rotator Cuff, Humans, Pain, Range of Motion, Articular, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Pain Management, Rotator Cuff Injuries, Conservative Treatment, Evidence based review, Rehabilitation, Rotator cuff, Shoulder, Conservative Treatment, Humans, Pain, Pain Management, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Range of Motion, Articular, Rotator Cuff, Rotator Cuff Injuries, 11 Medical And Health Sciences, 09 Engineering, 13 Education, Sport Sciences
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/618208
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2016-095963
ISSN	0306-3674

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