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Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the determinant and predictive effect of pain levels, shoulder range of motion (ROM) values, disability and health-related quality of life factors on functional status in individuals with partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (PRCT). Materials and Methods: Firstly, the functional status of 45 patients (mean age: 50.78 \u00b1 5.28 years; 29 female) with PRCT, then activity and night pain levels with Numeric Pain Rating Scale, active flexion, abduction and external rotation of the shoulder ROM values with goniometer, disability level with Quick Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder &amp; Hand Questionnaire, and health-related quality of life levels with Short Form-12 were evaluated and recorded. Results: It was detected that all determinants whose effect on functionality was evaluated with a multiple regression model explained 76% of the variance, and this effect level was statistically significant (R square = 0.760, adjusted R square = 0.707, F = 14.272, p &lt; 0.001). Detailed evaluation showed that flexion and external rotation ROM values (respectively; \u03b2 = 0.54, p &lt; 0.001; \u03b2 = 0.38, p = 0.001) and disability level (\u03b2 = 0.44, p &lt; 0.001) had statistically significant determinant effects on functional status. No statistically significant results which could be correlated with functional status were found for activity and night pain, abduction ROM value, and health-related quality of life domains (p &gt; 0.05). Conclusions: Shoulder flexion and external rotation ROMs and disability level were found to have a predictive effect on the functional status in individuals with PRCT. It is noteworthy that more subjective and patient-reported findings and outcome measures such as pain and health-related quality of life had no predictive effect on functionality. By determining the level of these effects, results were reached that can shed light on the literature by guiding the development of reliable assessment algorithms.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina62030574","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,19]],"date-time":"2026-03-19T08:54:37Z","timestamp":1773910477000},"page":"574","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Determining the Level to Affect of Physical Findings and Outcome Measures on Functional Status in Partial-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tears Using a Multiple Linear Regression Model"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"62","author":[{"given":"Ezgi","family":"T\u00fcrkmen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinical Research Coordination Unit, Health Institutes of T\u00fcrkiye, Istanbul 34718, Turkey"},{"name":"Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Institute of Graduate Studies, Istanbul University-Cerrahpa\u015fa, Istanbul 34320, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"\u0130pek","family":"Yeldan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul University-Cerrahpa\u015fa, Istanbul 34320, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2595-9459","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nezih","family":"Ziro\u011flu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Prosthetics and Orthotics, Vocational School of Health Services, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Istanbul 34638, Turkey"},{"name":"Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Acibadem University Atakent Hospital, Istanbul 34303, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"S\u00fcleyman","family":"Altun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Clinic of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul 34303, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"806","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jse.2021.10.006","article-title":"Risk factors for degenerative, symptomatic rotator cuff tears: A case-control study","volume":"31","author":"Song","year":"2022","journal-title":"J. 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