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Table 3 Preoperative tear tharacteristicsa

From: “Functional outcomes and MRI-based tendon healing after (antero-) superior rotator cuff repair among patients under 50 years: retrospective analysis of traumatic versus non-traumatic rotator cuff tears”

 

Traumatic RCT

Non-traumatic RCT

P-value

bSupraspinatus tears

  

0.470

Grade 1

13 (76.5)

5 (62.5)

 

Grade 2

3 (17.7)

3 (37.5)

 

Grade 3

1 (5.9)

0

 

cSubscapularis tears

  

0.323

Grade 1

11 (84.6)

6 66.7)

 

Grade 2

2 (15.4)

3 (33.3)

 

Grade 3 & 4

0

0

 
  1. a assessed on magnetic resonance imaging. Categorial data are presented as n (%). RCT Rotator cuff tear
  2. b tendon retraction of full thickness supraspinatus tears according to Patte [20]
  3. c subscapularis tear characteristic according to the Fox & Romeo classification [21]