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

Table 3 Clinical outcomes comparisons between two groups (N = 82). The mean and standard deviation of the continuous variables are presented. The frequencies of the categorical data are presented

Variable	Control group (N = 40)	Study group ( N = 42)	P Value
Preoperative
CMS	47.13 ± 4.50	47.07 ± 2.80	0.949
ASES	49.23 ± 3.83	47.94 ± 4.45	0.164
UCLA	15.15 ± 2.90	15.24 ± 2.25	0.878
Final follow-up after surgery
CMS	92.30 ± 5.42	93.07 ± 3.61	0.448
ASES	91.73 ± 4.37	92.38 ± 3.06	0.432
UCLA	33.40 ± 1.35	33.52 ± 1.27	0.671
Retear, n (%)	9(22.5%)	8(19.05%)	0.700
MSRT Subgroup concrete	8 (44.44%)	4 (16.67%)	0.049

Note: CMS = the Constant–Murley score, UCLA = University of California Los Angeles score, and ASES = American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons scores, MSRT subgroup, moderate-to-severe repair tension subgroup

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