Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria for this analysis

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
• Enrolled in the original cohort study	• Non-traumatic RC tear
• Acute trauma with pseudoparalysis repaired within 3 weeks	• Revision of re-tear
• Completed preoperative WORC index	• Missing trauma data
• Partial RC repair	• Avulsion fracture of the RC insertion
• Preoperative CM score performed by a physiotherapist	• Re-tear and revision of already included patients within 2 years of primary repair
• Complete repair of the RC tear performed during surgery	• Revision to reversed shoulder arthroplasty within 2 years of primary repair
	• RC repair in a joint with shoulder prosthesis

Note: WORC, Western Ontario Rotator Cuff. CM, Constant–Murley. RC, rotator cuff