Protocol for a multi-site pilot and feasibility randomised controlled trial: Surgery versus PhysiothErapist-leD exercise for traumatic tears of the rotator cuff (the SPeEDy study)
(2021)
Journal Article
Littlewood, C., Wade, J., Butler-Walley, S., Lewis, M., Beard, D., Rangan, A., Bhabra, G., Kalogrianitis, S., Kelly, C., Mehta, S., Singh, H. P., Smith, M., Tambe, A., Tyler, J., & Foster, N. E. (2021). Protocol for a multi-site pilot and feasibility randomised controlled trial: Surgery versus PhysiothErapist-leD exercise for traumatic tears of the rotator cuff (the SPeEDy study). Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00714-x
Clinically, a distinction is made between types of rotator cuff tear, traumatic and non-traumatic, and this sub-classification currently informs the treatment pathway. It is currently recommended that patients with traumatic rotator cuff tears are fa... Read More about Protocol for a multi-site pilot and feasibility randomised controlled trial: Surgery versus PhysiothErapist-leD exercise for traumatic tears of the rotator cuff (the SPeEDy study).