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Methods: Sixty-five patients who underwent RSA over a 12-month follow-up period were included. Patient characteristics and clinical and radiologic measurements were recorded. Preoperatively and at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months after surgery, deltoid muscle stiffness and muscle strength for scapular-plane abduction were sequentially measured using SWE and a portable dynamometer. In each quarterly period (3\u20136, 6\u20139, and 9\u201312 months), patients were assessed for an improvement in muscle strength and separated into two groups: improved and non-improved. To assess the risk of lack of improvement in each quarterly period, the variables were compared between the groups. Results: Improvement in muscle strength was observed in 52 patients (80%) at 3\u20136 months, 46 patients (71%) at 6\u20139 months, and 39 patients (60%) at 9\u201312 months. Notably, SWE measurements at the beginning of each period showed significantly greater values in the non-improved group than in the improved group during the subsequent quarterly period. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis suggested that SWE values &gt;45.1\u201350.0 kPa might be associated with a lack of muscle strength improvement over 3 months with 73\u201387% specificity and 73\u201385% sensitivity. Conclusions: Our study demonstrated that increased deltoid muscle stiffness negatively correlated with an improvement in muscle strength following RSA. 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