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Table 3 Postoperative data and clinical scores

From: Aquatic therapy following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair enables faster improvement of Constant score than land-based therapy or self-rehabilitation therapy

 

Aquatic (n = 54)

Land-based (n = 57)

Self-rehabilitation (n = 55)

 

n (%)

Mean ± SD

Range

95% CI

n (%)

Mean ± SD

Range

95% CI

n (%)

Mean ± SD

Range

95% CI

p value*

Therapy sessions

      

NA

   

Sessions per week

2.5 ± 0.3

(2–3)

 

2.4 ± 0.4

(1–3)

     

Sessions in total

39.0 ± 17.1

(21–90)

 

38.8 ± 14.2

(22–77)

     

Therapy duration(weeks)

16.4 ± 7.9

(9–43)

 

17.2 ± 10.3

(9–48)

     

Constant score(0-100)

Preoperative

50.6 ± 3.1

(44–57)

(49–52)

50.4 ± 3.3

(44–57)

(49–52)

51.5 ± 2.4

(47–57)

(50–53)

0.245

2 months

60.3 ± 3.8

(49–65)

(59–62)

57.1 ± 4.4

(45–65)

(56–65)

54.8 ± 3.0

(48–61)

(49–65)

<.001

3 months

71.5 ± 7.5

(48–79)

(70–73)

61.7 ± 5.3

(45–70)

(60–63)

59.6 ± 3.6

(50–66)

(58–61)

<.001

6 months

77.3 ± 8.0

(50–86)

(76–79)

73.8 ± 6.8

(54–82)

(73–75)

70.6 ± 5.1

(58–78)

(69–72)

<.001

1 year

81.0 ± 5.1

(66–87)

(80–82)

78.0 ± 4.5

(65–85)

(77–79)

76.4 ± 4.9

(60–84)

(75–78)

<.001

2 years

83.4 ± 2.8

(78–88)

(82–85)

81.8 ± 3.1

(74–87)

(80–83)

79.9 ± 2.7

(72–85)

(79–81)

<.001

SSV(0-100)

Preoperative

42.5 ± 9.5

(20–60)

(40–45)

42.8 ± 7.6

(30–55)

(40–45)

43.9 ± 6.5

(30–60)

(41–46)

0.775

2 months

68.4 ± 11.8

(30–90)

(66–71)

51.1 ± 8.6

(30–80)

(49–54)

49.6 ± 6.2

(30–60)

(47–52)

<.001

3 months

74.9 ± 12.1

(40–90)

(72–77)

63.6 ± 12.1

(40–90)

(61–66)

58.6 ± 8.2

(50–75)

(56–61)

<.001

6 months

80.8 ± 12.4

(50–100)

(78–83)

76.5 ± 12.1

(50–90)

(74–79)

71.4 ± 9.3

(50–90)

(69–74)

<.001

1 year

89.9 ± 8.8

(60–100)

(87–92)

87.4 ± 8.8

(60–100)

(85–90)

82.3 ± 9.5

(60–90)

(80–85)

<.001

2 years

92.7 ± 7.5

(75–100)

(90–95)

91.1 ± 7.6

(70–100)

(88–93)

88.9 ± 6.5

(70–100)

(86–91)

<.001

Satisfaction(0, not satisfied-3, very satisfied)

2 months

1.6 ± 0.6

(0–2)

(1.38–1.73)

1.2 ± 0.6

(0–2)

(0.99–1.33)

0.7 ± 0.6

(0–2)

(0.50–0.85)

<.001

3 months

2.0 ± 0.8

(0–3)

(1.79–2.14)

1.6 ± 0.8

(0–3)

(1.41–1.75)

1.2 ± 0.8

(0–3)

(1.05–1.39)

<.001

6 months

2.3 ± 0.7

(0–3)

(2.12–2.47)

2.1 ± 0.7

(0–3)

(1.94–2.27)

2.0 ± 0.7

(0–3)

(1.83–2.17)

0.083

1 year

2.5 ± 0.6

(1–3)

(2.34–2.69)

2.3 ± 0.5

(1–3)

(2.15–2.50)

2.2 ± 0.6

(1–3)

(2.06–2.41)

0.065

2 years

2.6 ± 0.6

(1–3)

(2.43–2.78)

2.6 ± 0.5

(1–3)

(2.41–2.75)

2.6 ± 0.5

(2–3)

(2.42–2.77)

0.960

  1. Abbreviations: SSV Subjective Shoulder Value, CI Confidence Interval