Table 3.
Comparison of sex, residual symptoms, fixation period, rehabilitation period, and treatment period in the palmar flexion ROM limitation and non-ROM limitation groups.
| Variables | Palmar flexion ROM limitation |
p-Value | Effect size, r | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present | Absent | |||
| Age, years | 73.1 (10.0) | 59.6 (18.7) | <0.001 | 0.37 |
| Sex (men/women), number of patients | 3/35 | 8/36 | 0.173 | |
| Residual symptoms (presence/absence), number of patients | 23/15 | 12/32 | 0.002 | |
| Fixation period, days | 37.4 (16.1) | 37.8 (7.3) | 0.343 | 0.10 |
| Rehabilitation frequency, times | 23.2 (23.1) | 10.5 (7.4) | <0.001 | 0.40 |
| Rehabilitation period, days | 159.2 (140.2) | 73.9 (45.1) | <0.001 | 0.44 |
| Treatment period, days | 196.5 (143.6) | 111.7 (45.1) | <0.001 | 0.41 |
Fixation period: number of days from the onset of injury to the commencement of rehabilitation; treatment period: number of days from the onset of injury to the end of rehabilitation; ROM: range-of-motion; Palmar flexion ROM limitation: <55°, as identified by a physician and physical therapist.