Relationship Between Tendon Tissue and Shoulder Disability Change During an 8-Week Exercise Intervention for Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy: An Observational Study.
Oscar Vila-Dieguez, Matt D Heindel, Mark C Zipser, Kameron Mortazavi, Kornelia Kulig, Greg Bashford, Wendy Mack, Lori A Michener
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Abstract
Importance: Understanding how tendon structure relates to disability improvement during exercise interventions in rotator cuff tendinopathy is essential for optimizing individualized treatment strategies.
Objective: The objectives of this study were to characterize changes in supraspinatus tendon thickness and internal architecture over an 8-week resistive exercise intervention and evaluate the relationship between these changes and patient-reported shoulder disability.
Design: This was a prospective longitudinal observational study.
Setting: The settings were a university-based research laboratory and virtual supervision in participants' homes.
Participants: Forty-seven adults with unilateral rotator cuff tendinopathy were the study participants.
Intervention: The intervention was an 8-week progressive resistive exercise program, supervised twice weekly by a physical therapist.
Main outcomes and measures: Primary outcomes were the Pennsylvania Shoulder Score, supraspinatus tendon thickness, and internal tendon architecture assessed using the peak spatial frequency radius via ultrasound. Measurements were taken at baseline and at 2, 4, and 8 weeks. Linear mixed-effects models were used to assess changes and associations.
Results: Significant improvements from baseline were observed for the Pennsylvania Shoulder Score at 2, 4, and 8 weeks. Tendon thickness decreased significantly; changes in internal tendon architecture were not significant. A decrease in tendon thickness was associated with an improved Pennsylvania Shoulder Score at 2 weeks but not at 4 and 8 weeks.
Conclusions: Reductions in tendon thickness were associated with improved shoulder outcomes within the first 2 weeks of the intervention. Internal tendon architecture remained unchanged over the intervention. These findings suggest that tendon variables included in this study may be relevant only early in the intervention and that other factors should be investigated across different times of the intervention.
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Physical Therapy (PTJ) engages and inspires an international readership on topics related to physical therapy. As the leading international journal for research in physical therapy and related fields, PTJ publishes innovative and highly relevant content for both clinicians and scientists and uses a variety of interactive approaches to communicate that content, with the expressed purpose of improving patient care. PTJ"s circulation in 2008 is more than 72,000. Its 2007 impact factor was 2.152. The mean time from submission to first decision is 58 days. Time from acceptance to publication online is less than or equal to 3 months and from acceptance to publication in print is less than or equal to 5 months.
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