A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing 2 Instructional Approaches to Home Exercise Instruction Following Arthroscopic Full-Thickness Rotator Cuff Repair Surgery

Abstract

With a therapist available for questions, patients who utilized the videotape method for their home program instruction had self-reported outcomes equal to patients instructed in their home program personally by a physical therapist. Self-reported compliance with the rehabilitation program had little effect on the outcomes.