Specific exercises for subacromial pain

Figures & data

Table 2. Patients participating in the 5-year follow-up

	Total	Non-operated	Operated
Patients	91	49	42
Specific/Control exercises^a	47/44	33/16	14/28
Sex: Men/Women	60/31	31/18	29/13
Age at follow-up, mean (range)	58 (38–69)	57 (38–69)	58 (39–69)
Patients lost between
1-year and the present
5-year follow-up	4	3	1

^aPrevious randomization

Figure 1. Flowchart of patients from inclusion to 5-year follow-up according to Consort statement.

Figure 2. Mean Constant-Murley score values at the previous 3-month and 1-year follow-up and in addition the 5-year follow-up in the 4 groups of patients; specific non-operated, control non-operated, specific operated and control operated. These groups were created after the choice of surgery or not at the 3-month assessment.

Figure 3. Mean Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand score values at 3-month, 1-year and 5-year follow-up in the 4 groups of patients; specific non-operated, control non-operated, specific operated and control operated. These groups were created after the choice of surgery or not at the 3-month assessment.

Table 5. Rotator cuff status, assessed with ultrasound. Findings from baseline in the original RCT and from the 5-year follow-up divided into those treated with surgery and those without surgery up until the 5-year follow-up

	Total	Operated^a	Non-operated
Rotatorcuff status	n = 90^b	n = 42	n = 48
Baseline
Intact	64	26	38
Partial thickness tear	17	9	8
Full-thickness tear	9	7	2
5-year follow-up
Intact	52	19	33
Partial thickness tear	18	11	7
Full-thickness tear	20	12	8
Progression^c	26	16	9^d

a Arthroscopic subacromial decompression.

b One patient of the total cohort was not assessed with ultrasound

c Tear progression was defined as progression from intact tendons at baseline to partial thickness tearing or to full-thickness tearing or from partial tearing to full-thickness tearing at the 5-year follow-up. Additional full-thickness tearing in a previous intact tendon was also considered a progression of tearing.

d p = 0.002

Table 4. Mean Constant-Murley score (C-M) and standard deviation (SD) in operated (n = 42) and non-operated (n = 48) patients at 3-month, 1-year and 5-year follow-ups for the 90 patients with 5-year C–M score

C–M score at	Group	Mean	SD
3 months	Non-operated	79	12
	Operated	45	20
	Total	63	24
1 year	Non-operated	86	12
	Operated	74	18
	Total	80	16
5 years	Non-operated	90	11
	Operated	81	15
	Total	86	14

C-M score = Constant- Murley Shoulder Assessment Score 0–100 points (100 points = maximum shoulder function).

1 patient of the total cohort was not assessed at 5-year follow-up with C-M score.