Surgical vs. non-surgical therapy for partial tears of the rotator cuff: a systematic review and meta-analysis of pooled studies with indirect comparison.

BMC Musculoskelet Disord · 2026 · PMC13224465 · PMID 42151917

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highly significantp < 0.001actually significant

In Shams et al., the differences were highly significant ( p < 0.001 for both CS and ASES), while in Tanpowpong et al., significance was also observed (CS: p = 0.02, ASES: p = 0.002).

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did not reach statistical significancep = 0.664not close (p > 0.1)

However, the comparison between groups did not reach statistical significance (CS, p = 0.664; ASES, p = 0.301; VAS, p = 0.463).

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