Table 3.

Demographics, diagnostic characteristics, and muscle power assesment of patients.

Pt #	Rank	Occupation/Specialty	Time to surgery (months)	Reason for late presentation	Dx	IR Strength prior to surgery	IR Strength at last follow up
1	SFC	Firefighter	11	Pt was treated conservatively first by different provider.	MRI	5-	5
2	SGT	Infantry	24	Injury was misdiagnosed initially.	MRI	4	5
3	SST	Infantry	2	Pt presented for treatment 2 mos s/p injury.	Clinical	4	5
4	PFC	Infantry	18	Pt was moving from different base. Presented late due to military activity.	MRI	4	5
5	SPC	Infantry	5	Pt was treated conservatively first by different provider.	MRI	5-	5
6	SPC	Infantry	11	Pt was treated conservatively first by different provider.	Clinical	5-	5
7	1LT	Infantry	8	Pt was treated conservatively first by different provider.	MRI	4	5
8	SPC	Infantry	12	Pt was treated conservatively first by different provider.	Clinical	4	5
9	SFC	Infantry	12	Injury was misdiagnosed initially as partial RC tear and biceps tendinosis. (2 steroid injections to shoulder + PT)	Clinical	4+	5
10	SFC	Infantry	30	Pt presented for treatment 2 years s/p injury and then elected to stay on conservative treatment for 6 mos.	MRI	4	5-
11	CW4	Artillery	48	Injury was misdiagnosed initially and the patient was treated with PT, steroid injection and pain medications.	Clinical	4	5-
12	SPC	Infantry	4	Pt presented for treatment more than 3 mos s/p injury.	Clinical	4-	5-
13	SSG	Artillery	1.5	Pt presented for treatment 6 weeks s/p injury.	MRI	4	5
14	SPC	Infantry	11	Pt was treated conservatively first by different provider.	Clinical	3+	5-
15	SSG	Artillery	6	Pt was treated conservatively first by different provider.	MRI	5-	5
16	SGT	Radar operator	10	Presented late due to deployment.	MRI	4+	5