The Shoulder Window of Opportunity Study (SWOP) - A pragmatic randomised trial comparing corticosteroid injection with timely physiotherapy with physiotherapy alone for older subjects with subacromial impingement syndrome and moderate to severe pain and disability.
- Registry ID
- EUCTR2005-003628-20
- Source registry
- EUCTR
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- PHASE4
- Sponsor
- West Yorkshire Primary Care R&D Unit
- Start date
- 2005-11-10
- Completion date
- 2009-09-12
- Last update
- 2026-08-16
Conditions
- Subacromial impingement syndrome
Summary
To investigate whether a combined approach of physiotherapy with subacromial corticosteroid injection is more effective in reducing pain and disability at 12 weeks than physiotherapy alone in older patients with moderate to severe shoulder pain due to subacromial impingement syndrome.
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