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. 2016 Nov 17;44(6):1191–1199. doi: 10.1177/0300060516675112

Table 3.

Initial range of motion and outcomes of frozen shoulder in patients with insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent diabetes.

Insulin-dependent diabetes Non-insulin-dependent diabetes p-value
Patients (shoulders), n 15 (17) 12 (12)
Age at FS, years 47.7 (8.9) 53.3 (6.9) 0.078
Follow-up time, years 9.9 (7.4) 10.1 (8.2) 0.935
Age at follow-up, years 57.6 (10.1) 63.4 (6.9) 0.094
During frozen shoulder
 Flexion 93 (34) 93 (24) 0.936
 Abduction 83 (30) 84 (28) 0.850
 External rotation 15 (14) 33 (15) 0.054
 Internal rotation Below buttock SI 0.009
At final follow-up
 Flexion 141 (18) 148 (19) 0.327
 Abduction 151 (40) 158 (29) 0.595
 External rotation 34 (18) 49 (18) 0.035
 Internal rotation LIII LIII 1.000
 Other shoulder flexion 147 (18) 145 (16) 0.808
 Other shoulder abduction 153 (37) 157 (23) 0.775
 Other shoulder external rotation 43 (20) 48 (15) 0.514
 Other shoulder internal rotation LIII LII 0.755
 Pain* during exertion 2.6 (3.0) 2.3 (3.0) 0.318
 Pain* at rest 0.6 (1.0) 1.1 (1.5) 0.816
 Pain* at night 1.4 (2.1) 1.5 (2.5) 0.907
 Simple Shoulder Test score 9 (3) 10 (3) 0.412
 Constant–Murley score 77 (16) 76 (17) 0.868

Data are presented as mean (SD) unless otherwise indicated.

FS, Frozen shoulder; SI, Sacral I; VAS, visual analogue scale

*

Pain on VAS (0–10): 0 = no pain and 10 = maximal imaginable pain.