Table 1.

Patient demographics and rotator cuff tear classification

Study	Level of Evidence	Study Type	Patients Enrolled, n	Patients at Final Follow-up, n	Mean Follow-up, mo	Average Age, y	Men	Women	Small Tear (<1 cm)	Medium Tear (1-3 cm)	Large Tear (3-5 cm)
Arndt et al1	1	Early vs late mobilization	100	92	16	55	34	58	NR	NR	NR
Cuff and Pupello3	1	Early vs late mobilization	68	68	12	63	38	30	NR	NR	NR
Düzgün et al4	1	Early vs late mobilization	29	29	6	56	3	26	NR	12	17
Garofalo et al6	1	CPM vs manual therapy	100	100	12	60	47	53	NRa	NRa	NRa
Keener et al7	1	Early vs late mobilization	145	114	24	55	73b	51b	NR	NR	NR
Kim et al8	1	Early vs late mobilization	117	105	12	60	44	61	NRc	NRc	NR
Lee et al9	1	CPM vs manual therapy	85	64	25	55	41	23	0	41	23

CPM, continuous passive mobilization; NR, not reported.

^aAll had C2-C3¹⁸ rotator cuff tears (C2, <2 cm; C3, 3-4 cm).

^bReflects patients who underwent surgery.

^cAll were small- or medium-sized tears.