Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module

The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.

Eligibility Module path is as follows:

Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module

Eligibility Module


Ignite Creation Date: 2025-12-26 @ 1:17 PM
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NCT ID: NCT02702206
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria: 1. shoulder pain for more than 1 month 2. age ≥ 20 years old 3. painful abduction or internal rotation with a visual analog scale (VAS) pain score ≥4 4. the presence of a painful arc of motion or pain at the middle to terminal range of shoulder abduction or internal rotation with a soft end feel 5. tenderness over the subacromial bursa 6. a reduction in pain of ≥40% on active shoulder abduction or internal rotation at the terminal range after injection of 3ml of 1%lidocain into the SASD bursa under ultrasound (US) guidance. Exclusion Criteria: 1. a history of uncontrolled chronic diseases, e.g., malignant neoplasms, blood dyscrasia, and infection 2. previous surgery of the affected shoulder 3. any evidence of a rotator cuff tear or tendinopathy, demonstrated by positive resistive tests or sonographic findings 4. calcification of the rotator cuff, demonstrated by x-ray or sonographic findings 5. the presence of arthritis, such as inflammatory arthritis (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, seronegative spondyloarthropathy, or crystal-related arthropathy), osteoarthritis, frozen shoulder, subacromial spurs, or deformity of the acromion 6. the presence of instability of the affected shoulder 7. a previous fracture near the shoulder region 8. the presence of cervical radiculopathy or myelopathy 9. having received a corticosteroid or hyaluronic acid subacromial or shoulder joint injection in the past 3 months
Healthy Volunteers: False
Sex: ALL
Minimum Age: 20 Years
Study: NCT02702206
Study Brief:
Protocol Section: NCT02702206