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Table 2 Pain and ROM comparisons between two groups (N = 82). The mean and standard deviation of the continuous variables are presented and the frequencies of the categorical data are presented

From: Effect of abduction brace wearing angle on clinical outcomes after arthroscopic repair of large repairable rotator cuff: a retrospective study

Variable

Control group

(N = 40)

Study group

( N = 42)

P Value

Preoperative

   

 VAS

6.73 ± 1.11

7.05 ± 1.06

0.181

 flexion

120.30 ± 13.22

120.95 ± 13.03

0.823

 abduction

84.20 ± 13.10

83.55 ± 11.03

0.808

 rotation

32.15 ± 10.14

32.98 ± 9.76

0.708

1month after surgery

   

 VAS

1.90 ± 0.74

1.57 ± 0.77

0.053

 flexion

80.53 ± 9.53

86.29 ± 4.68

0.001

 abduction

71.05 ± 12.56

77.26 ± 10.42

0.017

 rotation

26.98 ± 4.25

29.43 ± 6.09

0.038

3 months after surgery

   

 VAS

1.28 ± 0.64

1.29 ± 0.51

0.933

 flexion

141.93 ± 10.78

141.98 ± 12.33

0.984

 abduction

120.05 ± 8.75

125.50 ± 8.45

0.005

 rotation

46.05 ± 6.26

49.88 ± 8.45

0.023

6 months after surgery

   

 VAS

0.78 ± 0.66

0.79 ± 0.47

0.933

 flexion

165.13 ± 5.78

166.19 ± 6.03

0.417

 abduction

161.75 ± 5.63

162.88 ± 8.32

0.475

 rotation

58.35 ± 8.20

61.31 ± 8.77

0.119

  1. Note: VAS, visual analog scale