Ability of Rotator Cuff Muscle Strength Levels, Assessed by Isokinetic Dynamometry, to Predict Return to Sport After Shoulder Stabilization Surgery by Open Latarjet Procedure

Launched by RAMSAY GÉNÉRALE DE SANTÉ · Sep 17, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying how well muscle strength in the shoulder, measured by a special tool, can predict whether athletes will be able to return to their sports after undergoing a specific shoulder surgery called the open Latarjet procedure. This surgery is often performed on athletes who have experienced dislocations in their shoulder joint. While many athletes do return to playing sports after this surgery, a significant number do not perform at the same level they did before their injury. This study aims to find out the strength levels that athletes need to recover in order to return to their pre-injury performance.

To be eligible for this trial, participants must be between 18 and 45 years old and have experienced a shoulder injury while playing sports, specifically a dislocation or subluxation of the shoulder. They should also have a healthy shoulder on the opposite side and be scheduled for the open Latarjet surgery at the Santy Orthopedic Center in Lyon. Healthy volunteers who regularly engage in sports can also join the study, provided they meet certain criteria. Participants will undergo strength assessments and will be closely monitored during their recovery process. This trial is important as it hopes to improve rehabilitation strategies for athletes recovering from shoulder surgery, ultimately helping them return to their sport safely and effectively.

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• Patient group:
• • Be aged between 18 and 45
• • Occurrence of the injury during the practice of a sporting activity
• • Post-traumatic anterior glenohumeral subluxation/dislocation
• • Contralateral shoulder with no history of injury
• • No other associated shoulder pathology
• • Patient scheduled for shoulder stabilizing surgery using an open Latarjet procedure performed by one of the surgeons at the Santy Orthopedic Center (Lyon)
• • No contraindication to isokinetic assessment
• • Patient having signed informed consent
• • Subject affiliated or beneficiary of a social security scheme
• Healthy volunteers:
• • Be aged between 18 and 45
• • Regularly practice a sporting activity
• • No contraindication to isokinetic assessment
• • Person having signed informed consent
• • Subject affiliated or beneficiary of a social security scheme
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Patient group:
• • Contraindication from the sports clinician or surgeon
• • Have another pathology in the upper limbs.
• • Have constitutional hyperlaxity
• • Protected subject: adult under guardianship, curatorship or other legal protection, deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision
• Healthy volunteer group (athletes without a history of shoulder pathology):
• • Declare a history of pain/injury in the upper limbs in the last 6 months
• • Declare a history of orthopedic surgery in the upper limbs
• • Protected subject: adult under guardianship, curatorship or other legal protection, deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision