Study of the effect of rehabilitation training on patients with rotator cuff injury after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair

Objective:To explore the effectiveness of systematic rehabilitation training on patients with rotator cuff injury after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.Method:A total of 60 cases with rotator cuff injury treated by arthroscopic rotator cuff repair were included.All the patients were treated with the same rehabilitation protocol,among them 30 cases(treated continually in rehabilitation clinic) were divided into the treatment group,and the other 30 cases(get guidance only) were divided into the control group.Scores of American shoulder elbow scale ASES University of California at LosAngeles(UCLA) shoulder scale and visual analogue scale(VAS) were adopted to evaluate patients' shoulder function before operation and 6 months after operation.The range of motion(ROM) of active forward flexion and external rotation of shoulder were tested at 7 weeks,3 months and 6 months after operation.Result:There was no significant difference between two groups in ASES,UCLA and VAS scores before operation(P0.05);comparing with preoperation,there were significant differences 6 months after operation(P0.05),the treatment group had higher scores than the control group in ASES and UCLA scores(P0.05)but no significant difference in VAS scores.At 7 weeks,3 months and 6 months after operation,ROM of shoulder in the treatment group were better than that in the control group(P0.05).Conclusion:Arthroscopic rotator cuff repair is a successful treatment for rotator cuff injury,and systematic rehabilitation training after operation is an effective way for patients to restore the function of shoulder joint.