Table 3.
ROM Variables—Shoulder level | Stratified by Group | P Valuea | Displaced (N = 6 Shoulders) | |
Healed (N = 124) | Nonunion/Nondisplaced (N = 12) | |||
Active forward elevation (degrees), median (IQR) | 160 (150, 167.5) | 150 (140, 165) | 0.5253 | 150 (140, 150) |
External rotation, median (IQR) | 45 (45, 65) | 55 (37.5, 70) | 0.9686 | 47.5 (45, 65) |
Internal rotation, n (%) | 0.6255 | |||
Poor (<T12) | 47 (37.9%) | 6 (50.0%) | 3 (50.0%) | |
Acceptable (T12-T9) | 40 (32.3%) | 4 (33.3%) | 1 (16.7%) | |
Normal (>T9) | 18 (14.5%) | 0 | 0 |
PRO Variables—Patient Levelb | Stratified by Group | P Valuea | Displaced (N = 6 patients) | |
Healed (N = 113 patients) | Nonunion/Nondisplaced (N = 11 patients) | |||
ASES (patient), median (IQRc) (n) | ||||
VAS pain (0–10) | 0.5 (0, 3) | 2.4 (0, 7.3) | 0.5244 | 0 (0, 0) |
Function subscore | 43.3 (33.3, 48.3) | 48.3 (15, 50) | 0.5114 | 37.5 (33.3, 41.7) |
ASES total score | 89.2 (72.2, 98.3) | 96.7 (30, 98.3) | 0.9637 | 87.5 (83.3, 91.7) |
VR-12, median (IQRc) (n) | ||||
Physical component score | 43 (34, 50.7) | 44 (32.6, 49.7) | 0.9251 | 45 (38.4, 51.6) |
Mental component score | 55.1 (43.4, 61) | 54.6 (38.8, 58.2) | 0.5679 | 49.1 (46.2, 52.1) |
SANE score, median (IQRc) (n) | 85 (70, 95) | 75.1 (35, 97.1) | 0.7699 | 85.2 |
ASES = American Shoulder and Elbow Score, LTO = lesser tuberosity osteotomy, SANE = Single Assessment Numeric Evaluation, ROM = range of motion, VR-12 = Veteran Rand
Statistical tests performed on healed vs. nonunion nondisplaced groups. Displaced group were included in the table for descriptive purposes. Chi-square or Fisher exact tests were used for categorical data and Wilcoxon rank-sum tests were used for continuous non-normally distributed data to determine statistical significance between groups at an alpha level of 0.05.
The IQR within parentheses is also the range for the displaced LTO group because of the low sample sizes of completed PROs.
The first surgery occurrence was used for the patient specific data and associated comparative analyses.