International Scholarly Research Notices

Clinical Study

Improvement in Functional Ability and Quality of Life Takes Place among Patients with Supraspinatus Tendinitis Regardless of the Type of Intervention

Table 1

Patient background variables.
ArthroscopicNeerConservative
( 𝑛 = 4 9 )( 𝑛 = 5 3 )( 𝑛 = 5 4 )
Gender, male/female ( 𝑛 )20/2931/2218/36
Age, mean (range)50,4 (27,8–72,2)50,2 (33,2–67,1)53,3 (35,2–76,0)
Treated shoulder, right/left30/1929/2435/19
Occupational status
Employed363239
Unemployed022
Retired547
On sick leave8156
Physiotherapy, number of times, mean (SD)12,7 (6,1)7,9 (5,8)8,2 (6,0)
Months between intervention and
measurement 2, mean (SD)6,5 (2,1)7,1 (3,2)6,7 (1,7)