Table 1. Description of studies with a reported incidence of POSS after ARCR.
Information includes first author, year of publication, level of evidence, type of study, type of tear, number of patients, number of cases of POSS, and incidence of POSS in each study (percentage).
POSS: postoperative shoulder stiffness, ARCR: arthroscopic rotator cuff repair
| Number | Author (year) | Level of evidence | Type of study | Type of tear | Number of patients | Cases of POSS | Incidence of POSS |
| 1 | Shin (2018) [2] | II | Randomized controlled trial | Partial | 48 | 5 | 10.4% |
| 2 | Smolen (2020) [10] | IV | Prospective cohort | All tears | 50 | 6 | 12% |
| 3 | Cole (2007) [11] | IV | Prospective cohort | Full thickness | 47 | 0 | 0% |
| 4 | Ranalletta (2016) [12] | IV | Prospective cohort | Partial | 80 | 5 | 6.3% |
| 5 | Youm (2005) [13] | IV | Retrospective cohort | All tears | 42 | 2 | 4.8% |
| 6 | Felsch (2021) [14] | IV | Retrospective cohort | Partial | 350 | 39 | 11.1% |
| Felsch (2021) [14] | IV | Retrospective cohort | Full thickness | 1,311 | 88 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Teratani (2019) [15] | III | Retrospective cohort | All tears | 213 | 17 | 8% |
| 8 | Toussaint (2011) [16] | IV | Retrospective cohort | All tears | 154 | 17 | 11% |
| 9 | Sheps (2019) [17] | I | Randomized controlled trial | Full thickness | 206 | 3 | 1.5% |
| 10 | Guity (2021) [18] | IV | Retrospective cohort | All tears | 335 | 121 | 36.1% |
| 11 | Miyazaki (2009) [19] | IV | Retrospective cohort | All tears | 61 | 2 | 3.3% |
| 12 | Vap (2017) [20] | IV | Retrospective cohort | Partial | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| 13 | Tan (2020) [21] | IV | Retrospective cohort | All tears | 290 | 32 | 11% |
| 14 | Cho (2022) [6] | IV | Retrospective cohort | All tears | 274 | 39 | 14.2% |
| 15 | Huberty (2009) [8] | IV | Retrospective cohort | All tears | 489 | 24 | 4.9% |
| 16 | Yeazell (2022) [22] | III | Prospective cohort | Partial | 64 | 9 | 14.1% |
| 17 | Wang (2022) [23] | III | Retrospective cohort | All tears | 3,266 | 36 | 1.1% |
| 18 | Posada (2000) [24] | IV | Prospective cohort | Full thickness | 60 | 2 | 3.3% |
| 19 | Jenssen (2018) [25] | I | Prospective cohort | Full thickness | 118 | 2 | 1.7% |
| 20 | Audigé (2021) [4] | III | Retrospective cohort | All tears | 1,330 | 112 | 8.4% |
| 21 | Schneider (2021) [26] | III | Retrospective cohort | All tears | 126 | 9 | 7.1% |
| 22 | Blonna (2017) [7] | II | Prospective cohort | All tears | 31 | 7 | 22.6% |
| 23 | Shin (2012) [27] | II | Prospective control | Full thickness | 120 | 1 | 0.8% |
| 24 | Cucchi (2020) [28] | IV | Prospective cohort | All tears | 237 | 19 | 8% |
| 25 | Takahashi (2022) [29] | IV | Retrospective cohort | All tears | 51 | 0 | 0% |