# Subacromial balloon spacer for irreparable rotator cuff tears of the shoulder (START:REACTS): a group-sequential, double-blind, multicentre randomised controlled trial

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/subacromial-balloon-spacer-for-irreparable-rotator-cuff-tears-of-the-shoulder/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Andrew Metcalfe,Helen Parsons,Nicholas Parsons,Jaclyn Brown,Josephine Fox,Elke Gemperlé Mannion,Aminul Haque,Charles Hutchinson,Rebecca Kearney,Iftekhar Khan,Tom Lawrence,James Mason,Nigel Stallard,Martin Underwood,Steve Drew,Andrew Metcalfe,Helen Parsons,Nicholas Parsons,Azra Arif,Susanne Arnold,Gev Bhabra,Jaclyn Brown,Sunayna Bora,Howard S. Bush,Steve Drew,J. M. K. Fox,Elke Gemperlé Mannion,Aminul Haque,Charles Hutchinson,Ceri Jones,Rebecca Kearney,Iftekhar Khan,Thomas Lawrence,James Mason,Kerri McGowan,Chetan S. Modi,Bushra Rahman,Usama Rahman,Marı́a José Ramı́rez,Marta Spocinska,Nigel Stallard,Joanna Teuke,Varjithan Thayalan,Sumayyah Ul-Rahman,Aparna Viswanath,Martin Underwood,Aminul Haque,Iftekhar Khan,James Mason,Helen Parsons,Nicholas Parsons,Nigel Stallard,Iain Packham,Elizabeth Barnett,Rian Witham,Mark Crowther,Richard Murphy,Katherine Coates,Josephine Morley,Stephen Barnfield,Sukhdeep Gill,Alistair Jones,Ruth Halliday,Sarah Dunn,James Fagg,Peter Dacombe,Rajesh Nanda,Deborah Wilson,Lesley Boulton,Raymond Liow,Richard Jeavons,Andrea Meddes,Niel Kang,Leila Dehghani,Aileen Nacorda,Anuj Punnoose,Nicholas A. Ferran,Gbadebo Adewetan,Temi Adedoyin,Arun Pall,Matthew Sala,Tariq Zaman,Richard Hartley,Charif a-Sayyad,Luke Vamplew,Elizabeth Howe,Norbert Bokor,Steve Corbett,Robert Moverley,Elise Cox,Oliver Donaldson,Michael Jones,Diane P. Wood,Jess Perry,Alison Lewis,Linda Howard,Kate Beesley,Luke Harries,Ahmed Elmorsy,Katherine Wilcocks |
| Citations | 114 |
| DOI | 10.1016/s0140-6736(22)00652-3 |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | hybrid |
| OA URL | http://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140673622006523/pdf |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W4224252467 |
| PMID | 35461618 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2022 |

## Paper authors

- [Addie Majed](https://scholariq.org/researchers/addie-majed/)
- [Will Rudge](https://scholariq.org/researchers/will-rudge/)
- [Mark Falworth](https://scholariq.org/researchers/mark-falworth/)
- [David Butt](https://scholariq.org/researchers/david-butt/)

## Paper journal

- [The Lancet](https://scholariq.org/journals/the-lancet/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Shoulder Injury and Treatment](https://scholariq.org/topics/shoulder-injury-and-treatment/)

## Paper topics

- [Shoulder Injury and Treatment](https://scholariq.org/topics/shoulder-injury-and-treatment/)
- [Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries](https://scholariq.org/topics/shoulder-and-clavicle-injuries/)
- [Musicians’ Health and Performance](https://scholariq.org/topics/musicians-health-and-performance/)

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