Table 3.
Labral tear demographics, clinical features and baseline outcome scores
| Operative (n=28) | Non-operative (n=24) | ||||||
| Mean (n) | SD (%) | 95% CI | Mean (n) | SD (%) | 95% CI | p Value | |
| Age* | 57.89 | 9.27 | 54.30 to 61.49 | 59.33 | 11.74 | 54.38 to 64.29 | 0.6232 |
| Gender† | 0.3303 | ||||||
| Male | 21 | 75.00 | 15 | 53.57 | |||
| Female | 7 | 25.00 | 9 | 46.43 | |||
| Body mass index* | 27.24 | 5.46 | 25.12 to 29.36 | 27.80 | 6.32 | 25.13 to 30.47 | 0.7310 |
| Cause of injury† | 0.6250 | ||||||
| Known | 21 | 75.00 | 18 | 64.29 | |||
| Unknown | 7 | 25.00 | 6 | 35.71 | |||
| Side of injury† | 0.5479 | ||||||
| Right | 14 | 50.00 | 14 | 58.33 | |||
| Left | 14 | 50.00 | 10 | 41.67 | |||
| Symptom duration† | 0.6856 | ||||||
| <1 year | 9 | 32.14 | 9 | 37.50 | |||
| >1 year | 19 | 67.86 | 15 | 62.50 | |||
| Diabetes† | 0.1103 | ||||||
| Yes | 1 | 3.57 | 4 | 14.29 | |||
| No | 27 | 96.43 | 20 | 85.71 | |||
| Smoking† | 0.8408 | ||||||
| Yes | 3 | 10.71 | 3 | 10.71 | |||
| No | 25 | 89.29 | 25 | 89.29 | |||
| Pain VAS* | 57.36 | 27.71 | 45.92 to 68.80 | 40.58 | 27.29 | 29.06 to 52.11 | 0.0381 |
| Baseline PCS* | 36.83 | 7.89 | 33.03 to 40.64 | 37.90 | 10.45 | 32.70 to 43.10 | 0.7271 |
| Baseline MCS‡ | 48.57 | 11.85 | 42.86 to 54.29 | 51.38 | 10.01 | 46.41 to 56.36 | 0.5136 |
| Baseline ASES* | 51.27 | 22.33 | 42.25 to 60.29 | 63.90 | 20.37 | 54.63 to 73.18 | 0.0510 |
| Baseline WORC* | 1209.60 | 444.80 | 1033.70 to 1385.60 | 1042.90 | 476.80 | 831.50 to 1254.30 | 0.2126 |
| SAT‡ | 79.45 | 26.12 | 67.87 to 91.04 | 62.81 | 38.03 | 45.50 to 80.12 | 0.2431 |
| SANE‡ | 27.94 | 22.10 | 19.01 to 36.87 | 39.50 | 24.71 | 29.07 to 49.93 | 0.0754 |
| SAL* | 11.21 | 8.60 | 8.61 to 13.81 | 9.76 | 4.51 | 7.45 to 12.08 | 0.3925 |
*p values calculated using t-tests.
†p values calculated using χ2 tests.
‡p values calculated using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests.
Continuous data presented as mean, SD. Categorical data presented as n (%).
ASES, American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons; MCS, mental component summary; PCS, physical component summary; SAL, Shoulder Activity Level; SANE, Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation; SAT, Scapular Assistance Test; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale; WORC, Western Ontario Rotator Cuff Index.