ARC (Australian Rotator Cuff) trial: study protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled trial comparing rotator cuff repair to no repair during arthroscopic shoulder surgery for people with shoulder pain and non-acute rotator cuff tears

Background Degenerative rotator cuff tears are common and are often treated with surgical repair. Randomised trials have not shown a clear advantage to surgery over non-surgical treatment, but there have been no published placebo-controlled trials investigating rotator cuff repair. This study aims t...

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Published in:	Current controlled trials in cardiovascular medicine Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 116 - 12
Main Authors:	Harris, Ian A., Page, Richard S., Buchbinder, Rachelle, Äärimaa, Ville, Adie, Sam, Brown, Graeme, Cinnadaio, Nancy, Damiani, Maurizio, Descallar, Joseph, Ferreira, Manuela L., Foster, Nadine E., Gill, Stephen, Hutchison, Katrina, Järvinen, Teppo, Khoo, Oliver, Lieu, David, Maher, Christopher G., Naylor, Justine M., Smith, Geoff, Spencer, Luke, Toh, Yvana, Whan, Andrew, Yeoh, Tim
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 02.04.2025 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Adult Aged Arthroscopy - adverse effects Arthroscopy - methods Australia Biomedicine Clinical trials Female Health Sciences Humans Intervention Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Middle Aged Multicenter Studies as Topic Pain Pain Measurement Pathology Physicians Placebo Placebo effect Quality of life Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Range of Motion, Articular Recovery of Function Rotator cuff Rotator Cuff - physiopathology Rotator Cuff - surgery Rotator Cuff Injuries - diagnosis Rotator Cuff Injuries - physiopathology Rotator Cuff Injuries - surgery Rotator cuff repair Shoulder Shoulder pain Shoulder Pain - diagnosis Shoulder Pain - etiology Shoulder Pain - physiopathology Shoulder Pain - surgery Statistics for Life Sciences Study Protocol Surgeons Surgery Tendons Time Factors Treatment Outcome Australia Clinical trials Shoulder Surgery Rotator cuff Placebo
ISSN:	1745-6215, 1745-6215
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