19 April 2024 : Clinical Research
Role of Critical Shoulder Angle in Degenerative Type Rotator Cuff Tears: A Turkish Cohort Study
Mehmed Nuri Tütüncü1ACE*, Yiğit Kültür2BD, Mahmut Kürşat Özşahin3BCD, Nuri Aydın3ABEDOI: 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 | 0.189a |
| 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. | |||






