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Table 5 Comparison of clinical outcomes between the two study groups at 1-year follow-up

From: Clinical outcomes and repair integrity of arthroscopic rotator cuff repair using suture-bridge technique with or without medial tying: prospective comparative study

 

Conventional SBT (47)

Knotless SBT (48)

p value*

UCLA

31.09 ± 4.23

31.67 ± 2.83

0.434

ASES

83.54 ± 15.26

84.42 ± 8.69

0.733

Constant

72.06 ± 11.46

73.85 ± 10.87

0.437

VAS

1.91 ± 2.05

1.94 ± 1.44

0.951

  1. Numbers in parentheses are the numbers of patients in each group
  2. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation
  3. SBT suture-bridge technique, UCLA Shoulder Rating Scale of the University of California at Los Angeles, ASES American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score, VAS visual analog scale pain score
  4. *Paired t test; p < 0.05 denotes statistical significance