Table II.

Clinical and functional outcome results

Parameter	Overall mean values ± SD	Median (Q1–Q3)	P-value
Dynamometric bear-hug test [kg]:
Operated shoulder	6.49 ±2.46	6.5 (5–8)	0.69*
Non-operated shoulder	6.33 ±2.92	7.0 (5–8)
Difference	0.16 ±2.59	0.0 (–1 to 1)
Constant score:
Pre-operative	42.1 ±10.6	41 (35–50)	< 0.0001*
Post-operative	74.8 ±13.5	79 (70–83)
Difference (post-pre)	32.7 ±10.6	35 (25–40)
NRS:
Pre-operative	10.9 ±3.5	11 (9–14)	< 0.0001*
Post-operative	2.4 ±3.2	2 (0–4)
Difference (post-pre)	–8.5 ±4.2	–9 (–12 to –6)
VAS Satisfaction	8.7 ±1.4	9 (8–10)
DASH score:
Men and women	17.4 ±16.8	11 (4–27)	0.001 (men vs. women)‡
Women (n = 33)	24.1 ±18.0	22 (9–37)
Men (n = 46)	12.6 ±14.2	8 (3–17)

NRS – Numeric Rating Scale, DASH – Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand score.

^*P-value provided by Wilcoxon’s signed-rank test.

^‡P-value provided by Mann-Whitney test.