Operative (n=27) | Non-operative (n=44) | ||||||
Mean/n | SD/% | 95% CI | Mean/n | SD/% | 95% CI | p Value | |
Age* | 59.15 | 9.07 | 55.56 to 62.73 | 65.14 | 8.48 | 62.56 to 67.72 | 0.0064 |
Gender† | 0.7952 | ||||||
Male | 18 | 66.67 | 28 | 63.64 |
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Female | 9 | 33.33 | 16 | 36.36 | |||
Body mass index* | 30.07 | 4.84 | 28.15 to 31.99 | 28.94 | 5.50 | 27.26 to 30.61 | 0.3815 |
Cause of injury† | 0.4098 | ||||||
Known | 18 | 66.67 | 25 | 56.82 | |||
Unknown | 9 | 33.33 | 19 | 43.18 | |||
Side of injury† | 0.5126 | ||||||
Right | 17 | 62.96 | 31 | 70.45 | |||
Left | 10 | 37.04 | 13 | 29.55 | |||
Symptom duration† | 0.6492 | ||||||
<1 year | 15 | 55.56 | 22 | 50 | |||
>1 year | 12 | 44.44 | 22 | 50 | |||
Diabetes† | 0.6779 | ||||||
Yes | 6 | 22.22 | 8 | 18.18 | |||
No | 21 | 77.78 | 36 | 81.82 | |||
Smoking† | 0.7235 | ||||||
Yes | 1 | 3.70 | 1 | 2.27 | |||
No | 26 | 96.30 | 43 | 97.73 | |||
Pain VAS* | 51.48 | 25.02 | 41.58 to 61.38 | 43.70 | 27.00 | 35.29 to 52.11 | 0.2338 |
Baseline PCS* | 41.38 | 9.70 | 36.70 to 46.05 | 41.36 | 7.23 | 38.61 to 44.11 | 0.9937 |
Baseline MCS‡ | 48.43 | 10.91 | 43.17 to 53.69 | 51.52 | 10.53 | 47.51 to 55.53 | 0.4231 |
Baseline ASES* | 49.96 | 20.61 | 41.45 to 58.47 | 58.97 | 20.89 | 52.11 to 65.84 | 0.0973 |
Baseline WORC* | 1158.00 | 473.10 | 966.90 to 1349.10 | 1072.10 | 446.80 | 931.10 to 1213.10 | 0.4562 |
SAT‡ | 78.98 | 26.58 | 68.01 to 89.95 | 74.81 | 29.32 | 64.58 to 85.04 | 0.4518 |
SANE‡ | 33.83 | 25.86 | 23.60 to 44.06 | 36.07 | 21.96 | 29.14 to 43.01 | 0.5185 |
SAL* | 10.69 | 3.86 | 8.63 to 12.74 | 11.76 | 5.01 | 9.48 to 14.04 | 0.4816 |
*p values calculated using t-tests.
†p values calculated using χ2 tests.
‡p values calculated using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests.
Continuous data presented as mean, SD. Categorical data presented as n (%).
ASES, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons; MCS, mental component summary; PCS, physical component summary; SAL, Shoulder Activity Level; SANE, Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation; SAT, Scapular Assistance Test; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale; WORC, Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index.