| Author (year) | Participants | Intervention | Comparison | Outcome | Search strategy |
Number of studies (n = ) |
Number of Shoulders (n = ) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ainsworth (2007)32 | “Skeletally mature human adults who had a clinical diagnosis of full thickness, or massive, or inoperable rotator cuff tears.” |
“at least one treatment group received exercise therapy for the treatment of this condition” |
NR | “outcome measures” |
-MEDLINE (1950 – 7.31.06), AMED (1985-7.31.06), PEDro (-7.31.06), EMBASE (1974-7.31.06), CINAHL (1982-7.31.06 -Search terms provided -English only |
-Identified: 111 -Included: 10 observational |
-Total: 272 -M:116; F: 156 |
| Sieda (2010)81 | “Adults with confirmed rotator cuff tears” |
“Any nonoperative or operative treatment for postoperative rehabilitation” |
“Compare the benefits and harms of nonoperative and operative interventions” |
“clinically important outcomes” |
-MEDLIN < EMBASE, Evidence-Based Medicine Reviews, Cochrane Library, AMED, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus with Full Tex, Academic Search Elite, Health Source, Science citation Index Expanded (via Web of Science), Scopus, BIOSIS previews, CRISP, Current Controlled Trials, ClinicalTrials.gov, Netherlands Trial Register -Timeline: January 1990 – September 2009 -Search strategy provided -Operative studies: English only -Non-operative studies: English, German, French |
-Identified: 5677 Included: 137 66 controlled 71 uncontrolled |
Total: 8515 Controlled studies: -Operative: 3697 -Postoperative: 544 -Non-op: 178 -Op vs non-op: 243 Uncontrolled studies: -Operative: 3408 -Postoperative: 118 -Non-op: 327 |
| Ryosa (2016)45 | “Adults with rotator cuff tear” |
“Surgical repair of tendon tear” |
“Placebo, sham or other conservative treatment” |
“Change in pain, functioning level, quality of life and mobility of the shoulder” |
-Cochrane control trialed Registry (CENTRAL), MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of science and physiotherapy evidence (PEDro) database -Timeline: Not specified – June 2015 -Search strategy provided -Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) -English only |
-Identified: 319 -Included: 3 RCTs |
Total: 252
-Cases: 123 -Controls: 129 -Non-op: 137 |
Non-op, nonoperative; NR, not reported; Op, operative;