Table 1 Baseline characteristics and ASES-p values
Variables | N = 161 |
|---|---|
Age in years; mean (SD) | 59.7 (11.8) |
Gender | |
Female | 82 (51) |
Male | 79 (49) |
Affected shoulder | |
Right | 110 (68) |
Left | 51 (32) |
BMI | |
< 25 | 50 (32) |
25–29.9 | 69 (44) |
≥ 30 | 39 (25) |
Years with problem; median (Q1, Q3) | 3 (1, 7) |
Smoking status | |
Current smoker | 31 (19) |
Ex-smoker | 48 (30) |
Never smoked | 82 (51) |
Relationship status | |
Married/living with couple | 120 (75) |
Single/divorced/separated | 26 (16) |
Widowed | 14 (9) |
Educational level | |
Primary or less | 67 (42) |
Secondary | 70 (44) |
University or higher | 22 (14) |
Additional problemsa | |
Back | 84 (52) |
Neck | 75 (47) |
Lower extremity | 63 (39) |
Upper extremity | 10 (6) |
Type of work | |
Manual | 56 (35) |
Office | 26 (16) |
Homemaker | 31 (20) |
Pensioner | 36 (23) |
Studying/unemployed | 3 (2) |
Sick-leave in past 5 years | |
Yes | 53 (33) |
No | 108 (67) |
Diagnosis | |
Subacromial path. with RC rupture | 103 (64) |
Subacromial path. without RC rupture | 13 (8) |
Tendinopathy: tendinitis/tendinosis | 27 (17) |
Instability: traumatic/non-traumatic | 7 (4) |
Arthrosis | 5 (5) |
Necrosis avascular | 1 (1) |
Frozen shoulder | 2 (1) |
ASES-p; mean (SD)b | |
Total score (0–100 points) | 46.5 (22.9) |
Pain score (0–50 points) | 23.8 (12.9) |
Function score (0–50 points) | 22.9 (11.9) |