Two-Year Follow-up of a Group-Sequential, Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial of a Subacromial Balloon Spacer for Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears of the Shoulder (START:REACTS)
Participants continued to show better results in the debridement-only group compared with the group who had debridement with the InSpace balloon. Therefore, we do not recommend the subacromial balloon spacer for the treatment of irreparable rotator cuff tears.
Authors
- Helen Parsons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2765-3728)
- James Mason (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9210-4082)
- Tom Lawrence (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1296-1891)
- Martin Underwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0309-1708)
- Nick Parsons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9975-888X)
- Andrew Metcalfe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4515-8202)
- Aminul Haque (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3589-6751)
- Iftekhar Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6041-8837)
- Charles Hutchinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3387-9229)
- Steve Drew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9523-682X)
- Rebecca Kearney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8010-164X)
- Nigel Stallard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7781-1512)
Institutions
- University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- University of Warwick (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The American Journal of Sports Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/03635465251326891
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.04