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Table 5 GRADE: Summary of Findings

From: Conservative versus surgical management for patients with rotator cuff tears: a systematic review and META-analysis

Outcomes

No. of participants (studies)

Certainty of the evidence (GRADE)

Constant-Murley score at 1-year of follow-up

257

(3 RCTs)

⨁⨁⨁⨁

HIGH

Constant-Murley score at 2-year of follow-up

211

(2 RCTs)

⨁⨁⨁⨁

HIGH

VAS pain score

147

(2 RCTs)

⨁⨁⨁⨁

HIGH

  1. GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
  2. High certainty: We are very confident that the true effect lies close to that of the estimate of the effect
  3. Moderate certainty: We are moderately confident in the effect estimate: The true effect is likely to be close to the estimate of the effect, but there is a possibility that it is substantially different
  4. Low certainty: Our confidence in the effect estimate is limited: The true effect may be substantially different from the estimate of the effect
  5. Very low certainty: We have very little confidence in the effect estimate: The true effect is likely to be substantially different from the estimate of effect
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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