Table 1.
Characteristics of studies included in this meta-analysis.
| Study | Year | Country | Design | Age (y) | Gender (M/F) | IDB | TFTTR (m) | Follow-up (m) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As | Open | As | Open | As | Open | As | Open | As | Open | ||||
| Sperber [31] | 2001 | Sweden | Level I RCT | 25 | 27.5 | 21/9 | 19/7 | 21 (70%) | 11 (42%) | 57.6 | 42 | 24 | |
| Fabbriciani [32] | 2004 | Italy | Level I RCT | 24.5 | 26.8 | 24/6 | 26/4 | 22 (73%) | 17 (57%) | 25.3 | 20.2 | 24 | |
| Bottoni [33] | 2006 | USA | Level I RCT | 25.3 | 25.2 | 30/1 | 29/0 | 27 (87%) | 14 (48%) | 40 | 35.1 | 29.1 | 28.5 |
| Mohtadi [20] | 2014 | Canada | Level I RCT | 27.2 | 27.8 | 80/18 | 80/18 | 31 (32%) | 45 (46%) | 54 | 75 | 24 | |
| Cole [13] | 2000 | USA | Prospective | 28 | 27 | 33/4 | 18/4 | 18 (49%) | 8 (36%) | 35 | 47 | 52 | 55 |
| Karlsson [34] | 2001 | Sweden | Prospective | 26 | 27 | 45/15 | 38/10 | N/A | N/A | 31 | 42 | 28 | 36 |
| Kim [35] | 2002 | South Korea | Retrospective | 19.5 | 20.3 | 50/8 | 26/4 | N/A | N/A | 58.8 | 69.6 | 39 | |
| Tjoumakaris [36] | 2005 | USA | Retrospective | 30.8 | 28 | 48/11 | 16/8 | 34 (58%) | 12 (50%) | >12 | >12 | 40 | 56 |
| Lützner [37] | 2009 | Germany | Retrospective | 25 | 27 | 35/5 | 124/35 | 109 (55%) | 32 | 21 | 31 | ||
| Mahiroğulları [38] | 2010 | Turkey | Retrospective | 24.9 | 25.8 | 34M | 30M | 23 (68%) | 27 (90%) | 45.6 | 52.8 | 26.1 | 26.6 |
| Zaffagnini [22] | 2012 | Italy | Retrospective | 35 | 38 | N/A | N/A | 30 (61%) | 19 (58%) | N/A | N/A | 164.4 | 188.4 |
As – arthroscopic; M – male; F – female; IDB – involved dominant shoulder; TFTTR – time from trauma to repair; N/A – not applicable.