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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 3

Mean (SD), mean (SD) differences within, and mean (95% CI) differences between the groups between measurements 1 and 2 in the various SRQ domains.
OutcomeGroupsDifference within groupsDifference between groups
Measurement 1 (before)Measurement 2 (after)M2 minus M1M1M2
ArthroNeerConesArthroNeerConesArthroNeerConesA minus NA minus CN minus CA minus NA minus CN minus C
Domain    
(Range: min–max)
Global assessment (0–15) 𝑛 = 4 6 𝑛 = 4 9 𝑛 = 5 0
5,2 (2,8)5,2 (2,4)7,2 (3,8)11,7 (2,6)11,3 (3,8)9,4 (3,7)6,4*** (3,9)6,1*** (3,8)2,1*** (4,1)0
(−1,5 to 1,5)		−2,2
(−3,7 to −0,6)		−2,2
(−3,7 to −0,7)		0,3
(−1,4 to 1,9)		2,2
(0,5 to 3,9)		1,9
(0,2 to 3,6)
Pain 
(8–40)		 𝑛 = 4 9 𝑛 = 5 3 𝑛 = 5 4
17,0 (5,7)16,8 (4,9)20,4 (6,5)32,5 (6,7)31,2 (8,3)27,9 (7,7)15,5*** (8,7)14,5*** (8,2)7,4*** (7,8)0,2
(−2,6 to 3,0)		−3,5
(−6,3 to −0,7)		−3,7
(−6,4 to −0,9)		1,4
(−2,3 to 5,1)		4,6
(0,9 to 8,3)		3.2
(−0,4 to 6,9)
Daily activities 
(4–20)		 𝑛 = 4 9 𝑛 = 5 3 𝑛 = 5 4
13,7 (2,6)12,2 (2,9)13,4 (3,3)17,9 (2,5)17,6 (3,3)16,3 (3,1)4,2*** (3,0)5,4*** (3,8)2,9*** (3,9)1,5
(0,0 to 3,0)		0,3
(−1,1 to 1,8)		−1,2
(−2,6 to 0,2)		0,4
(−1,1 to 1,8)		1,6
(0,2 to 3,1)		1,3
(−0,2 to 2,7)
Leisure time/Sport (3–15) 𝑛 = 4 8 𝑛 = 5 3 𝑛 = 5 1
7,6 (2,8)7,1 (3,0)7,9 (2,6)12,2 (2,8)11,9 (3,4)10,5 (3,0)4,6*** (3,1)4,7*** (3,7)2,5*** (3,2)0,5
(−0,9 to 1,9)		−0,4
(−1,8 to 0,9)		−0,9
(−2,3 to 0,4)		−0,3
(−1,2 to 1,8)		1,6
(0,1 to 3,1)		1,3
(−0,2 to 2,8)
Work 
(2–10)		 𝑛 = 3 2 𝑛 = 2 7 𝑛 = 3 5
6,1 (2,2)6,3 (2,4)7,2 (2,0)8,8 (1,8)8,7 (1,7)7,9 (2,2)2,6*** (2,4)2,4*** (2,9)0,6 (2,0)−0,0
(−1,4 to 1,3)		−0,9
(−2,1 to 0,3)		−0,9
(−2,2 to 0,4)		0,1
(−1,1 to 1,3)		0,5
(−0,7 to 1,7)		0,4
(−0,7 to 1,6)
Total points 
(17–100)		 𝑛 = 4 9 𝑛 = 5 3 𝑛 = 5 4
46,7 (12,3)44,7 (11,2)54,3 (15,5)81,3 (15,0)78,8 (19,7)70,2 (17,5)34,5*** (16,4)34,1*** (19,3)15,9*** (18,2)2,0
(−4,4 to 8,5)		−7,4
(−13,8 to −1,0)		−9,4
(−15,7 to −3,2)		2,2
(−6,4 to 10,8)		11,5
(2,9 to 20,0)		9,3
(0,9 to 17,6)
Statistical significance: *= 𝑃 < 0 , 0 5 , **= 𝑃 < 0 , 0 1 , and ***= 𝑃 < 0 , 0 0 1 .