Role of Critical Shoulder Angle in Degenerative Type Rotator Cuff Tears: A Turkish Cohort Study

19 April 2024: Clinical Research

Mehmed Nuri Tütüncü ^1ACE* , Yiğit Kültür ^2BD , Mahmut Kürşat Özşahin ^3BCD , Nuri Aydin ^3ABE

DOI: 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
		r	P
Age		−0.189	0.060

Sex, n (%)	Female	34.99±3.42	0.189^a
Sex, n (%)	Male	35.90±2.41	0.189^a
Dominance, n (%)	Right	35.41±3.47	0.493^a
Dominance, n (%)	Left	36.07±3.21	0.493^a
Smoking status, n (%)	Yes	35.23±3.35	0.554^a
Smoking status, n (%)	No	35.66±3.48	0.554^a
Affected side, n (%)	Right	36.06±3.31	0.063^a
Affected side, n (%)	Left	34.77±3.47	0.063^a
r – Pearson correlation coefficient; ^a independent sample test. CSA – critical shoulder angle; SD – standard deviation.