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Sports Medicine Surgical Quality Data: Arthroscopic Debridement for Shoulder Labral Tears

The data below is a summary of patients who underwent arthroscopic debridement for shoulder labral tears at the UW Health Sports Medicine Center between January 2007 and February 2013.
 
Demographics
  • Patients: 44
  • Average age: 24.3 (range 14-62)
  • Gender: 21 percent females, 79 percent males

Shoulder Function

 

As measured by the QuickDASH. A score of 100 is optimal. 

 
  Score
Pre-surgery 71.2
One year post-surgery 94.5

 

 

Health-related Quality of Life

 

As measured by SF-12 v 2.0 subscales. A score of 100 is optimal. 

 
  PFRPBPGHVTSFREMH
Pre-surgery 72.8 61.9 63.3 83.9 64.1 83.5 87.2 72.7
Post-surgery 96.6 94.9 93.2 90.1 72.2 97.2 95.2 84.4

 

Key:

  • PF (Physical Function): The extent you are limited or able to perform daily living activities. 
  • RP (Role Physical): The extent you are limited when performing work or daily living activities. 
  • BP (Bodily Pain): The limitations placed upon you by pain you are experiencing. 
  • GH (General Health): An overall measure of your personal health
  • VT (Vitality): The amount of energy you have during your daily activities.
  • SF (Social Function): The level of interference with social activities you experience due to physical or emotional problems.
  • RE (Role Emotional): Problems you experience with work or daily activities as a result of emotional problems.
  • MH (Mental Health): The extent to which nervousness or happiness affect you all of the time.