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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Preoperative and postoperative values of range of movement in the entire series (group 1, partial rotator cuff repair; group 2, debridement)

From: Massive rotator cuff tears: functional outcome after debridement or arthroscopic partial repair

 

Preoperative

Follow-up 1

Follow-up 2

P value

F value

Abduction (°)

 Group 1

97.7 ± 37.7

151.2 ± 20.8

144.0 ± 17.8

<0.01

13.249

 Group 2

93.5 ± 38.9

123 ± 32.7

103.5 ± 20.3

 All

96.3 ± 37.7

137.9 ± 30.2

125 ± 27.8

Adduction (°)

 Group 1

28 ± 10.4

38.7 ± 3.9

37.2 ± 4.9

0.712

0.341

 Group 2

28 ± 9.5

36.7 ± 6.1

35.2 ± 6.3

 All

27.5 ± 9.9

37.4 ± 5.7

35.9 ± 6.1

Anteversion (°)

 Group 1

105.3 ± 39.1

162 ± 25.2

145.2 ± 28.1

0.173

1.798

 Group 2

98.5 ± 39.5

136 ± 28.3

126.2 ± 28.8

 All

102.7 ± 39.2

150 ± 29.2

136.6 ± 29.5

Retroversion (°)

 Group 1

29.7 ± 10.7

37.0 ± 8

34.5 ± 8.8

0.603

0.509

 Group 2

34.5 ± 8.4

39 ± 3.1

37 ± 5.7

 All

31.7 ± 9.7

38 ± 6

35.7 ± 7.4

Internal rotation (°)

 Group 1

67.5 ± 15.5

79.5 ± 12.7

79.0 ± 12.5

0.79

0.262

 Group 2

49.5 ± 26

72.7 ± 16.5

71.6 ± 15.6

 All

58.6 ± 23.0

76.1 ± 14.9

75.4 ± 14.5

External rotation (°)

 Group 1

41.7 ± 23.7

47 ± 12.1

45 ± 10.6

0.955

0.046

 Group 2

40.5 ± 23.5

46.5 ± 19.8

42.7 ± 18.0

 All

41.1 ± 23.3

46.7 ± 16.2

43.8 ± 14.6

  1. Data are given as mean ± standard deviation