Table 4.
Variable | Baseline | Followup | p value | 95% CI | Contra-lateral shoulder | p value | 95% CI | Brace delay < 6 months n = 31 | Brace delay > 6 months n = 24 | p value | 95% CI |
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Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||||||
Shoulder flexion (°) n = 34 | 137 (24) | 156 (16) | < 0.001 | −26 to −12 | 159 (10) | 0.027 | −12 to − 0.7 | 156 (17) | 149 (28) | 0.253 | −5 to 19 |
Shoulder abduction (°) n = 32 | 150 (33) | 170 (24) | < 0.001 | −29 to −10 | 179 (12) | < 0.001 | −17 to −5 | 169 (28) | 167 (27) | 0.798 | −13 to 17 |
Winging (cm) in 90° flexion, n = 22 | 3.9 (1.4) | 1.0 (1.7) | < 0.001 | 2–4 | 1.1 (1.8) | 1.3 (2.0) | 0.650 | −1 to 0.8 | |||
Winging in resisted | 4.4 (1.3.) | 0.9 (1.6) | < 0.001 | 3–4 | 1.2 (2.0) | 1.7 (2.3) | 0.415 | −1.6 to 0.7 | |||
90° flexion, n = 23 | |||||||||||
Winging in cross-arm position, n = 55 | 0.3 (1.0) | 0.4 (1.2) | 0.3 (0.9) | 0.817 | −0.5 to 0.6 |