Comparison of the Separate and Combined Effects of Physiotherapy Treatment and Corticosteroid Injection on the Range of Motion and Pain in Nontraumatic Rotator Cuff Tear: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 2
The effect of different management on pain-related scores and range of motions.
Variable
Physiotherapy
Corticosteroid injection
Physiotherapy + corticosteroid injection
value
Before INTa
After INT
value
Before INT
After INT
value
Before INT
After INT
value
Before INT
After INT
DASHb
57.21 ± 4.15
48.77 ± 4.0
0.000
57.29 ± 3.60
47.83 ± 3.52
0.000
56.77 ± 3.65
45.91 ± 4.12
0.000
0.797
0.013
VASc
5.53 ± 0.62
4.00 ± 0.91
0.000
5.78 ± 0.70
4.18 ± 0.64
0.000
5.59 ± 0.66
3.56 ± 0.66
0.000
0.299
0.004
Flexion°
144.9 ± 9.7
164.9 ± 7.9
0.000
142.1 ± 10
169.6 ± 7.6
0.000
141.2 ± 9.2
170.6 ± 7
0.000
0.281
0.007
Extension°
61.9 ± 5.39
62.46 ± 7.79
0.406
59.4 ± 4.9
60.5 ± 4.43
0.000
60 ± 5.63
60.96 ± 5.63
0.029
0.140
0.290
Abduction°
119.1 ± 10.36
143.0 ± 8.97
0.000
116.34 ± 10.2
148.9 ± 8.8
0.000
118.7 ± 12.5
154.7 ± 9.8
0.000
0.555
0.000
Internal rotation°
36.6 ± 4.3
56.9 ± 3.2
0.000
33.81 ± 4.7
59.5 ± 3.2
0.000
35.4 ± 4.9
60.1 ± 4.12
0.000
0.060
0.001
External rotation°
50.4 ± 5.5
66.7 ± 4.2
0.000
48.6 ± 5.5
70.9 ± 4.3
0.000
49.0 ± 5.5
70.7 ± 3.8
0.000
0.236
0.000
aINT: intervention; bDASH: disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and hand; and cVAS: visual pain scale.
