Exploratory anchor-derived six-month improvement thresholds for sleep quality and pain after reverse total shoulder arthroplasty.

JSES Int · 2026 · PMC13356756 · PMID 42438832

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Between-group comparisons showed numerically greater VAS pain absolute improvement in the GRC-improved group (6.35 ± 1.47) than in the GRC-not-improved group (4.29 ± 2.81), although this difference did not reach statistical significance ( P = .078).

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