Table 2. Summary of statistical analyses.

Variables	n	QuickDASH score		RLP score
		Mean±SD	p	Mean±SD	p
Age (years)			0.330		0.396
20-29	16	3.55±3.98		2.28±0.34
30-39	17	10.55±16.04		2.16±0.48
40-49	20	8.89±10.1		2.14±0.38
50-59	13	7.74±7.31		2.04±0.4
>60	5	11.08±9.25		2.38±0.29
Sex			0.596		0.731
Male	58	8.26±11.55		2.14±0.52
Female	13	7±4.44		2.3±0.52
Level of education			0.010		0.095
Primary school	27	12.8±14.6		2.12±0.47
Secondary school	17	6.19±4.66		2.08±0.3
High school	17	3.7±4.94		2.37±0.37
University	10	4.56±6.7		2.2±0.33
Smoking status			0.543		0.533
Smoker	32	8.79±8.99		2.03±0.53
Non-smoker	39	7.4±11.83		2.24±0.51
Injury side			0.117		0.047
Dominant	36	5.99±11.93		2.15±0.47
Non-dominant	35	10.1±8.76		2.19±0.56
Level of injury			0.396		0.995
Proximal third	7	8.12±6.94		2.23±0.48
Middle third	12	11.7±18.5		2.1±0.42
Distal third	52	7.14±8.43		2.17±0.3
Mechanism of injury			0.906		0.147
Punching glass	25	6.44±13.5		2.2±0.41
Saw laceration	20	6.69±7.2		2.16±0.42
Knife injury	10	13.9±8.28		2.08±0.46
Others	16	8.46±9.32		2.2±0.32
Nerve injury			0.011		0.020
Median nerve	27	6.77±7.06		2.37±0.33
Ulnar nerve	31	4.72±6.6		2.14±0.34
Combined	13	18.5±16.77		1.84±0.44
Associated vascular injury			0.025		0.659
None	22	7.26±8.08		2.27±0.31
Radial artery	5	4.18±4.68		2.31±0.26
Ulnar artery	38	7.97±8.54		2.1±0.42
Combined	6	14.3±25.7		2.14±0.58
Associated tendon injury			0.066		0.575
0-4 tendons	31	6.33±8.16		2.2±0.37
5-9 tendons	26	7.03±6.84		2.13±0.37
>10 tendons	14	13.6±17.7		2.18±0.52
Arterial flow at the final follow-up			0.582		0.281
Radial only	28	6.95±6.24		2.19±0.38
Ulnar only	5	4.18±4.68		2.38±0.36
Both intact	38	9.32±13.2		2.13±0.4
DASH: Disability of Arm, Shoulder, and Hand; SD: Standard deviation; RLP: Rosén-Lundborg protocol.