Table 1 Patient Demographics, surgical findings and adherence to therapy(N = 82). The mean and standard deviation of the continuous variables and the frequencies of the categorical data are presented. BMI, body mass index; VAS, visual analog score; GH, glenohumeral

Age (year)

63.50 ± 6.69

64.05 ± 7.45

Sex (male: female) (n)

15:25

23:19

BMI (kg/m²)

23.85 ± 3.05

23.76 ± 2.80

Height (cm)

159.48 ± 6.70

161.50 ± 6.80

Traumatic (yes: no) (n)

16:24

21:21

Location (left: right) (n)

5:35

8:34

Symptoms duration (months)

6.87 ± 8.93

4.15 ± 6.31

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

3(7.50%)

3(7.14%)

Hypertension, n (%)

8(20%)

13(30.95%)

Smoking, n (%)

9(22.5%)

12(28.57%)

Preoperative assessment

 Pain, VAS score

6.73 ± 1.11

7.05 ± 1.06

 GH forward flexion

120.30 ± 13.22

120.95 ± 13.03

 GH abduction

84.20 ± 13.10

83.55 ± 11.03

 GH external rotation

32.15 ± 10.14

32.98 ± 9.76

Tear size (cm)

3.69 ± 0.41

3.60 ± 0.39

Extent of retraction (cm)

2.63 ± 0.53

2.72 ± 0.71

Fatty infiltration (0:1:2:3:4)

 supraspinatus

8:21:8:3:0

14:17:8:3:0

 infraspinatus

12:18:6:4:0

14:19:7:2:0

Repair tension (0:1:2)

22:16:2

18:17:7

Biceps procedures

 Tenodesis

12

14

 Tenotomy

21

19

Comfort of brace

 0 = better

33

34

 1 = equal

5

6

 2 = worse

2

2