Table 2.
The effect of different management on pain-related scores and range of motions.
| Variable | Physiotherapy | Corticosteroid injection | Physiotherapy + corticosteroid injection | p value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before INTa | After INT | p value | Before INT | After INT | p value | Before INT | After INT | p value | Before INT | After INT | |
| DASHb | 57.21 ± 4.15 | 48.77 ± 4.0 | 0.000 | 57.29 ± 3.60 | 47.83 ± 3.52 | 0.000 | 56.77 ± 3.65 | 45.91 ± 4.12 | 0.000 | 0.797 | 0.013 |
| VASc | 5.53 ± 0.62 | 4.00 ± 0.91 | 0.000 | 5.78 ± 0.70 | 4.18 ± 0.64 | 0.000 | 5.59 ± 0.66 | 3.56 ± 0.66 | 0.000 | 0.299 | 0.004 |
| Flexion° | 144.9 ± 9.7 | 164.9 ± 7.9 | 0.000 | 142.1 ± 10 | 169.6 ± 7.6 | 0.000 | 141.2 ± 9.2 | 170.6 ± 7 | 0.000 | 0.281 | 0.007 |
| Extension° | 61.9 ± 5.39 | 62.46 ± 7.79 | 0.406 | 59.4 ± 4.9 | 60.5 ± 4.43 | 0.000 | 60 ± 5.63 | 60.96 ± 5.63 | 0.029 | 0.140 | 0.290 |
| Abduction° | 119.1 ± 10.36 | 143.0 ± 8.97 | 0.000 | 116.34 ± 10.2 | 148.9 ± 8.8 | 0.000 | 118.7 ± 12.5 | 154.7 ± 9.8 | 0.000 | 0.555 | 0.000 |
| Internal rotation° | 36.6 ± 4.3 | 56.9 ± 3.2 | 0.000 | 33.81 ± 4.7 | 59.5 ± 3.2 | 0.000 | 35.4 ± 4.9 | 60.1 ± 4.12 | 0.000 | 0.060 | 0.001 |
| External rotation° | 50.4 ± 5.5 | 66.7 ± 4.2 | 0.000 | 48.6 ± 5.5 | 70.9 ± 4.3 | 0.000 | 49.0 ± 5.5 | 70.7 ± 3.8 | 0.000 | 0.236 | 0.000 |
aINT: intervention; bDASH: disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and hand; and cVAS: visual pain scale.