Table 4.
Clinical evaluation at follow-up
| All patients (n = 42) Mean (SD) |
Intact group (n = 29) Mean (SD) |
Defect group (n = 13) Mean (SD) |
Mean difference (95% CI) [Intact – Defect] |
Age-adjusted mean difference (95% CI) [Intact – Defect] |
p-value a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constant-Murley score | ||||||
| repaired shoulder | 67 (22) | 73 (21) | 55 (20) | 17 (3 to 31) | 16 (1 to 31) | 0.04 |
| contra- lateral shoulder | 83 (18) | 87 (14) | 73 (22) | 14 (0.2 to 28) | 10 (–1 to 21) | 0.07 |
| WORC (%) b | 75 (22) | 79 (20) | 65 (23) | 14 (–2 to 30) | 16 (1 to 32) | 0.04 |
| DASH b | 22 (21) | 17 (21) | 31 (19) | –14 (–28 to 0.4) | –15 (–30 to 0.1) | 0.05 |
a ANCOVA with age as a covariate, comparing patients with no cuff defect (intact group) and patients with cuff defect (defect group, including partial- and full-thickness tears).
b Missing values (n = 2).