19 April 2024>: Clinical Research
Role of Critical Shoulder Angle in Degenerative Type Rotator Cuff Tears: A Turkish Cohort Study
Mehmed Nuri Tütüncü 1ACE* , Yiğit Kültür 2BD , Mahmut Kürşat Özşahin 3BCD , Nuri Aydin 3ABEDOI: 10.12659/MSM.943703
Med Sci Monit 2024; 30:e943703
Table 3 Comparison of critical shoulder angle values according to age, sex, dominance, smoking status and affected side.
Critical shoulder angle | |||
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r | P | ||
Age | −0.189 | 0.060 | |
Sex, n (%) | Female | 34.99±3.42 | 0.189a |
Male | 35.90±2.41 | ||
Dominance, n (%) | Right | 35.41±3.47 | 0.493a |
Left | 36.07±3.21 | ||
Smoking status, n (%) | Yes | 35.23±3.35 | 0.554a |
No | 35.66±3.48 | ||
Affected side, n (%) | Right | 36.06±3.31 | 0.063a |
Left | 34.77±3.47 | ||
r – Pearson correlation coefficient; a independent sample test. CSA – critical shoulder angle; SD – standard deviation. |