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. 2018 Dec 26;4(1):e000477. doi: 10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000477

Table 2.

DASH, WORC, BPI, AHD, shoulder strength and ROM for cryotherapy and exercises groups at baseline and follow-up

Outcome measures Week Cryotherapy group Exercises group Mean difference
(n=23) (n=20) (95% CI)
Mean score Mean score
DASH (0–100) 0 28.3 (15.3) 29.3 (12.6) −1.0 (−9.7 to 7.7)
2 17.2 (11.5) 16.3 (11.3) 0.9 (−6.1 to 9.0)
6 12,6 (12.5) 16.3 (12.1) −3.7 (−11.3 to 3.9)
WORC (0–100) 0 57.9 (19.6) 55.7 (21.0) 2.2 (−10.3 to 14.8)
2 75.2 (18.2) 80.6 (17.1) −5.4 (−16.3 to 5.5)
6 83.1 (15.0) 83.3 (19.3) −0.2 (−10.7 to 10.4)
BPI (0–10) 0 2.7 (1.6) 3.2 (1.9) −0.5 (−1.5 to 0.6)
2 1.7 (1.2) 1.8 (1.8) −0.1 (−1.1 to 0.8)
6 1.2 (1.3) 1.6 (1.9) −0.4 (−1.4 to 0.6)
AHD 0°, cm 0 1.1 (0.1) 1.0 (0.2) 0.1 (−0.0 to 0.2)
2 1.1 (0.1) 1.0 (0.1) 0.1 (−0.0 to 0.2)
AHD 45°, cm 0 0.8 (0.2) 0.8 (0.2) 0.0 (−1.0 to 0.2)
2 0.8 (0.1) 0.8 (0.2) 0.0 (−1.0 to 0.2)
AHD 60°, cm 0 0.8 (0.2) 0.7 (0.2) 0.1 (−0.0 to 0.2)
2 0.8 (0.2) 0.7 (0.2) 0.1 (−0.0 to 0.2)
ABD 0°, strength, kg 0 67.4 (34.7) 77.1 (34.9) −9.7 (−33.3 to 14.0)
2 74.7 (33.7) 77.6 (41.4) −2.9 (−28.3 to 22.6)
ER 0°, strength, kg 0 23.5 (10.8) 25.8 (9.3) −2.3 (−9.2 to 4.5)
2 24.8 (10.8) 28.0 (9.6) −3.2 (−10.1 to 3.8)
ROM flexion, ° 0 165.9 (14.1) 165.4 (10.9) 0.5 (−7.3 to 8.3)
2 166.7 (7.9) 167.5 (9.0) −0.8 (−6.6 to 4.4)
ROM ER 0°, ° 0 68.3 (15.9) 71.7 (10.6) −3.4 (−11.9 to 5.0)
2 68.4 (15.9) 70.5 (12.5) −2.1 (−11.4 to 7.1)
ROM ER 90°, ° 0 90.7 (15.6) 95.2 (15.3) −4.5 (−14.0 to 5.1)
2 95.2 (14.6) 97.9 (12.1) −2.7 (−11.0 to 5.7)
ROM IR 90°, ° 0 70.1 (17.2) 74.3 (17.0) −4.2 (−14.8 to 6.3)
2 68.7 (14.1) 72.4 (17.6) −3.7 (−13.4 to 6.1)

Data presented as mean (SD). Intention-to-treat analyses for DASH, WORC and BPI.

ABD, Abduction; AHD, acromiohumeral distance; BPI, Brief Pain Inventory, short version (0–10, 0=no pain); DASH, Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand questionnaire 24 (0–100, 0=no disability); ER, external rotation of the shoulder; IR, internal rotation of the shoulder; ROM, range of motion; WORC, Western Ontario Rotator Cuff index (0–100, 100=no functional loss).