Table IV.

Initial and consensus Neer’s classification by the two independent raters

Neer’s classification categories identified during independent assessment		Initial classification by the two raters				Consensus classification
		Rater 1 (n = 250)		Rater 2 (n = 250)		(n = 250)
		n	%	n	%	n	%
1*	Neer 1 part: undisplaced† surgical neck	8	3.2	21	8.4	18	7.2
3	Neer 2 part: surgical neck	127	50.8	129	51.6	119	47.6
4*	Neer 2 part: greater tuberosity	2	0.8	14	5.6	8	3.2
5*	Neer 2 part: lesser tuberosity	1	0.4	0	0.0	1	0.4
8	Neer 3 part: surgical neck + greater tuberosity	81	32.4	81	32.4	90	36.0
9	Neer 3 part: surgical neck + lesser tuberosity	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.4
10*	Neer 3 part: anterior dis-location + greater tuberosity	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	0.8
12	Neer 4 part: surgical neck + greater + lesser tuberosity	30	12.0	4	1.6	11	4.4
13*	Fracture-dislocation – anterior (4 part)	1	0.4	0	0.0	-	-
15*	Fracture-dislocation – anterior (articular surface)	0	0.0	1	0.4	-	-

^*Categories outside the expected categories for the trial

^†‘Undisplaced’ according to Neer’s definition