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CompletedNCT03055117Updated Mar 26, 2019

Individual Versus Group-based Exercise Rehabilitation for Shoulder Disorders: a Randomised Controlled Trial

An interventional study of Group-based exercise rehabilitation and Individual exercise rehabilitation in Shoulder Pain, sponsored by Regional Hospital West Jutland. Completed at 1 site in Denmark. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-03-26.

Sponsored by Regional Hospital West Jutland · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
180
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Degenerative shoulder disorders are frequent in the Danish population and often cause disability and sick leave. After hospital discharge patients are often referred to physiotherapy rehabilitation as part of the treatment, and it is often assumed that one-on-one sessions will yield better results than group-based sessions, because individual needs can be better meet and targeted

The project aims to evaluate the effect and cost-effectiveness of group- based exercise rehabilitation as compared to individual exercise rehabilitation in patients with degenerative shoulder disorders.

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Read the detailed description

The study is a three-armed controlled randomized trial in which a total of 180 patients referred to the municipal rehabilitation after hospital treatment due to shoulder disorders in 6 municipalities in Region Midtjylland expected to participate. Patients will be allocated to either 1) Group-based rehabilitation 2) Individual rehabilitation or 3) Home exercise.

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Conditions studied

  • Shoulder Pain

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Keywords

  • Shoulder pain
  • Physiotherapy
  • Rehabilitation
  • Exercise
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In context

Shoulder Pain

707 studies on the registry are indexed under Shoulder Pain; 152 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 180 is above the median of 60 across 561 interventional studies indexed under Shoulder Pain.

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Lead sponsor

Regional Hospital West Jutland is the lead sponsor of 11 studies on the registry; 3 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • 18 years and above, ability to speak and understand Danish and referred to physiotherapy rehabilitation after hospital conservative or surgical treatment under diagnose of rotator cuff/shoulder impingement or acromioclavicular osteoarthritis (International Classification of Diseases 10th revision [ICD-10] group M75.1-M75.8, M19.8).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Influence of co-morbidity, psychiatric illness, pregnancy, fullthickness rotator cuff tear, rotator cuff repair surgery, traumatic lesion, rheumatoid arthritis, frozen shoulder, glenohumeral osteoarthritis.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Investigator)
Enrollment
180 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Group-based exercise rehabilitation

    Group-based rehabilitation: Group-based sessions (4-8 patients per group) with physiotherapist and home training for 8 weeks (maximum of 12 training sessions).

    Behavioral: Group-based exercise rehabilitation · Behavioral: Home exercise

  • Active comparator
    Individual exercise rehabilitation

    Individual rehabilitation: One-on-one sessions with physiotherapist and home training for 8 weeks (maximum of 12 training sessions).

    Behavioral: Individual exercise rehabilitation · Behavioral: Home exercise

  • Active comparator
    Home exercise

    Home exercise: Instruction in home exercise by physiotherapist, with maximum of 4 follow-up consultations over a period of 8 weeks.

    Behavioral: Home exercise

Interventions

  • BehavioralGroup-based exercise rehabilitation

    Group- based physiotherapy-led exercise rehabilitation

  • BehavioralIndividual exercise rehabilitation

    Individual physiotherapy-led exercise rehabilitation

  • BehavioralHome exercise

    Supervised home exercise

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Disability wil be assessed by The Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand questionnaire - shortened version (Quick DASH)

    Sum score 0-100

    Time frame: 6 monhts

Secondary outcomes

  1. Cost-effectiveness across study arms measured by the EuroQol (EQ-5D) questionnaire

    Quality of life scale EQ-5D-5L will be used to calculate quality adjusted life years (QALYs) used in the health economic evaluation

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. Time off work (weeks) assessed by the Danish Register of Sickness absence compensation benefits and Social transfer payments

    Register

    Time frame: 6 months

  3. Pain intensity

    Numeric scale (0-10)

    Time frame: 6 months

  4. Patients impression of change of overall shoulder condition

    Single item question

    Time frame: 6 months

  5. Patient Acceptable Symptom State (PASS)

    Single item question. The highest level of symptom at which patients find their condition acceptable

    Time frame: 6 months

  6. Well-being wil be assessed by the WHO-5 Well-being Index questionnaire

    Sum score of 5 items 0-100

    Time frame: 6 months

  7. Re-presentations after discharge from rehabilitation will be obtained by Danish National Rehabilitation

    Register number of contacts

    Time frame: 6 months

  8. Fear avoidance Beliefs and risk of chronicity the Orebro Musculoskeletal Pain Screening Questionnaire

    Sumscore 0-20

    Time frame: 6 months

  9. Confidence will be assessed by one item from the Danish Cancer Society PREM (Barometer) Questionnaire

    Single item question.

    Time frame: 3 months

  10. Safety will be assessed by one item from the Danish Cancer Society PREM (Barometer) Questionnaire

    Single item question.

    Time frame: 3 months

  11. Satisfaction will be assessed by one item from the Danish Cancer Society PREM (Barometer) Questionnaire

    Single item question.

    Time frame: 3 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • David H Christiansen
    Herning, Central Denmark Region 7400, Denmark
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References and documents

Publications

  • Christiansen DH, Hjort J. Group-based exercise, individually supervised exercise and home-based exercise have similar clinical effects and cost-effectiveness in people with subacromial pain: a randomised trial. J Physiother. 2021 Apr;67(2):124-131. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2021.02.015. Epub 2021 Mar 17. PubMed 33744191 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 26, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03055117
Lead sponsor
Regional Hospital West Jutland
Collaborators
University of Aarhus, Central Denmark Region
Responsible party
David H Christiansen (Researcher, Regional Hospital West Jutland) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 16, 2017
Start date
Feb 16, 2017
Primary completion
Aug 27, 2018
Completion
Aug 27, 2018
Last update
Mar 26, 2019

Study contacts

David H Christiansen, PhD
principal investigator · Occupational Medicine Regional Hospital West Jutland University Research Clinic

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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