Research Article

A New Neurocognitive Interpretation of Shoulder Position Sense during Reaching: Unexpected Competence in the Measurement of Extracorporeal Space

Table 1

Demographic and clinical data of participants at baseline. Mean and standard deviation for clinical scores are reported with an assessment of the statistical significance of comparisons.

Baseline dataHI
()
(mean +/− SD)
IG
()
(mean +/− SD)
valueTest

Age [years]64,52 +/− 6,9868,36 +/− 6,540,047
Body mass index = BMI [kg/m2]24,94 +/− 3,0526,87 +/− 3,970,082
Constant-Murley score, pain14,76 +/− 0,437,76 +/− 4,00<0,001
Constant-Murley score, daily life activities19,60 +/− 0,9811,32 +/− 3,60<0,001
Constant-Murley score, ROM39,52 +/− 0,8528,72 +/− 9,08<0,001
Constant-Murley score, strength20,08 +/− 4,036,40 +/− 3,88<0,001
Constant-Murley score, total93,97 +/− 4,2354,20 +/− 16,61<0,001
Dash score4,76 +/− 7,0153,24 +/− 20,48<0,001
VAS [cm]0,52 +/− 0,744,67 +/− 2,46<0,001
Employment rate [%]68%44%nc

Qualitative variables (%) (%)

Gender
 Male16 (64%)9 (36%)0,048
 Female9 (36%)16 (64%)
School attendance
 Basic school0 (0%)1 (4%)nc
 Middle school7 (28%)13 (52%)
 High school11 (44%)11 (44%)
 Graduated7 (28%)0 (0%)

value by Mann–Whitney test.
value by chi-square test.
nc: not computable.