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Clinical Study

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

Table 5

Mean (SD), mean (SD) differences within, and mean (95% CI) differences between the groups between measurements 1 and 2 in the various SF-36 domains.
Outcome
(max. point)		Groups Difference within groups Difference between groups
Measurement 1 (before)Measurement 2 (after) M2 minus M1 M1 M2
ArthroNeerConsArthroNeerConsArthroNeerConsA minus NA minus CN minus CA minus NA minus CN minus C
Physical Function
(100)		 𝑛 = 4 9 𝑛 = 5 3 𝑛 = 5 4 𝑛 = 4 9 𝑛 = 5 3 𝑛 = 5 4
72,1 (14,1)73,4 (12,0)74,1 (15,9)82,9 (16,5)86,4 (16,0)79,9 (14,6)10,8*** (12,4)13,0*** (16,2)5,8*** (12,6)βˆ’1,3
(βˆ’8,2 to 5,6)		βˆ’2
(βˆ’8,9 to 4,9)		βˆ’0,7
(βˆ’7,4 to 6,0)		βˆ’3,5
(βˆ’11,2 to 4,2)		3,0
(βˆ’4,6 to 10,7)		6,5
(βˆ’1,0 to 14,0)
Role-Physical 
(100)		 𝑛 = 4 7 𝑛 = 5 1 𝑛 = 5 4 𝑛 = 4 8 𝑛 = 5 2 𝑛 = 5 4
18,6 (31,5)21,1 (32,9)32,2 (39,5)62,5 (42,2)64,9 (43,2)56,5 (42,1)44,0*** (44,8)44,0*** (47,8)24,3*** (41,2)βˆ’2,5
(βˆ’19,9 to 15,0)		βˆ’13,6
(βˆ’30,1 to 3,6)		βˆ’11,2
(βˆ’28,1 to 5,7)		βˆ’2,4
(βˆ’23,4 to 18,6)		6,0
(βˆ’14,8 to 26,9)		8,4
(βˆ’12,0 to 28,8)
Bodily Pain 
(100)		 𝑛 = 4 9 𝑛 = 5 3 𝑛 = 5 4 𝑛 = 4 9 𝑛 = 5 2 𝑛 = 5 4
36,0 (20,4)33,1 (17,6)41,9 (21,9)71,5 (23,3)68,8 (26,0)63,4 (24,3)35,5*** (27,8)36,0*** (25,4)21,5*** (24,6)2,9
(βˆ’6,9 to 12,8)		βˆ’5,9
(βˆ’15,7 to 3,9)		βˆ’8,9
(βˆ’18,5 to 0,7)		2,6
(βˆ’9,3 to 14,6)		8,0
(βˆ’3,8 to 19,9)		5,4
(βˆ’6,2 to 17,1)
General Health 
(100) 		 𝑛 = 4 9 𝑛 = 5 3 𝑛 = 5 4 𝑛 = 4 9 𝑛 = 5 3 𝑛 = 5 4
61,7 (18,5)62,2 (20,1)61,8 (20,9)65,4 (20,3)67,5 (18,7)65,1 (20,1)3,7 (15,4)5,3* (16,8)3,2 (14,7)βˆ’0,5
(βˆ’10,3 to 9,2)		βˆ’0,1
(βˆ’9,8 to 9,6)		0,4
(βˆ’9,1 to 9,9)		βˆ’2,1
(βˆ’11,8 to 7,5)		0,3
(βˆ’9,3 to 10,0)		2,5
(βˆ’7,0 to 11,9)
Vitality  
(100)		 𝑛 = 4 8 𝑛 = 5 3 𝑛 = 5 4 𝑛 = 4 9 𝑛 = 5 2 𝑛 = 5 4
59,4 (23,1)55,1 (21,1)54,1 (24,3)68,3 (20,9)68,9 (21,0)61,8 (21,5)9,2*** (16,3)14,3*** (18,8)7,1*** (20,6)4,3
(βˆ’7,0 to 15,5)		5,3
(βˆ’5,9 to 16,5)		1,0
(βˆ’9,9 to 11,9)		βˆ’0,7
(βˆ’11,1 to 9,7)		6,4
(βˆ’3,9 to 16,7)		7,1
(βˆ’3,1 to 17,2)
Social Function 
(100)		 𝑛 = 4 9 𝑛 = 5 3 𝑛 = 5 4 𝑛 = 4 9 𝑛 = 5 2 𝑛 = 5 4
76,8 (18,7)81,4 (22,3)79,2 (24,8)89,5 (15,8)90,1 (19,1)83,3 (25,5)12,7*** (20,2)8,4*** (21,2)4,2
(21,8)		βˆ’4,6
(βˆ’15,4 to 6,3)		βˆ’2,4
(βˆ’13,2 to 8,4)		2,2
(βˆ’8,4 to 12,8)		βˆ’0,6
(βˆ’10,8 to 9,6)		6,2
(βˆ’3,9 to 16,3)		6,8
(βˆ’3,1 to 16,7)
Role-Emotional 
(100) 		 𝑛 = 4 7 𝑛 = 5 1 𝑛 = 5 3 𝑛 = 4 8 𝑛 = 5 0 𝑛 = 5 4
60,6 (41,9)68,6 (39,7)61,0 (41,2)80,5 (32,9)88,0 (28,4)70,1 (39,9)20,6*** (41,7)19,4*** (38,2)9,4
(36,6)		βˆ’8,0
(βˆ’28,4 to 12,5)		βˆ’0,4
(βˆ’20,6 to 19,9)		7,6
(βˆ’12,2 to 27,5)		βˆ’7,4
(βˆ’24,5 to 9,7)		9,6
(βˆ’7,2 to 26,4)		17,0*
(0,4 to 33,6)
Mental Health 
(100)		 𝑛 = 4 8 𝑛 = 5 3 𝑛 = 5 4 𝑛 = 4 9 𝑛 = 5 2 𝑛 = 5 4
72,0 (19,1)74,5 (18,9)72,0 (19,9)78,0 (17,8)82,8 (15,5)76,9 (18,5)6,1*** (13,6)8,7*** (15,0)4,9* (14,8)βˆ’2,5
(βˆ’12,0 to 7,0)		0,0
(βˆ’9,4 to 9,5)		2,5
(βˆ’6,7 to 11,8)		βˆ’4,8
(βˆ’13,3 to 3,7)		1,1
(βˆ’7,3 to 9,6)		5,9
(βˆ’2,4 to 14,3)
Statistical significance: *= 𝑃 < 0 , 0 5 , **= 𝑃 < 0 , 0 1 , and ***= 𝑃 < 0 , 0 0 1 .