What are the predictors of response to physiotherapy in patients with massive irreparable rotator cuff tears? Gaining expert consensus using an international e-Delphi study.

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    • Source:
      Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 100968565 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1471-2474 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14712474 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Musculoskelet Disord Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2000-
    • Subject Terms:
      Rotator Cuff Injuries*/therapy ; Delphi Technique* ; Consensus* ; Physical Therapy Modalities* ; Physical Therapists*; Humans ; Female ; Male ; Treatment Outcome ; Middle Aged ; Orthopedic Surgeons ; Shoulder Pain/therapy ; Adult ; Rotator Cuff/physiopathology ; Rotator Cuff/surgery
    • Abstract:
      Background: Massive irreparable rotator cuff tears can cause significant shoulder pain and disability. Treatment options include physiotherapy or surgery, with a lack of research comparing treatment options. For physiotherapy there is uncertainty about which patients will have a successful or unsuccessful response to treatment and a lack of consensus on what constitutes the best physiotherapy programme. With these significant gaps in the research, it is challenging for clinicians seeing patients with massive irreparable rotator cuff tears to advise on what is their best treatment pathway.
      Methods: A three round Delphi study was conducted with expert shoulder physiotherapists and orthopaedic surgeons to gain consensus on the important factors associated with response to physiotherapy in this patient population. Round 1 was an information-gathering round to identify predictors of response to physiotherapy in patients with massive irreparable rotator cuff tears. Rounds 2 and 3 were consensus-seeking rounds on the importance and modifiability of the predictors. Consensus criteria were determined a priori using median, interquartile range, percentage agreement and Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance.
      Results: Participants were recruited April-October, 2023. 88 experts participated in Round 1 and of these, 70 completed Round 3 (79.54%). In Round 1, content analysis of 344 statements identified 45 predictors. In Round 2, 29 predictors reached consensus as important and 2 additional predictors were identified. In Round 3, of the 31 predictors from Round 2, 22 reached consensus as important and 12 of these reached consensus as modifiable by physiotherapists. Both patient factors and clinician factors from a broad range of domains reached consensus: biomechanical, psychological, social, co-morbidities, communication / healthcare interactions and pain.
      Conclusions: The results of this Delphi study suggest that clinicians assessing patients with massive irreparable rotator cuff tears should assess across all these domains and target the modifiable factors with interventions. Particular emphasis should be placed on optimising modifiable clinician factors including therapeutic alliance, comprehensive explanation of the condition and collaborative and realistic goal-setting. These in turn may influence modifiable patient factors including patient expectations, engagement with the physiotherapy programme, motivation and self-efficacy thus creating the ideal environment to intervene on a biomechanical level with exercises.
      (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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      Keywords: Delphi study; Massive irreparable rotator cuff tears; Physical therapy; Physiotherapy; Predictors; Prognosis; Rehabilitation
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20241012 Date Completed: 20241012 Latest Revision: 20241015
    • Publication Date:
      20241015
    • Accession Number:
      PMC11470710
    • Accession Number:
      10.1186/s12891-024-07872-6
    • Accession Number:
      39395963