Table 1.

Basic characteristics of patients

Variable	n	Percent
General history (n =122)
Non-smokers	56	45.9
Mental work	42	34.4
Hard physical work	39	32.0
Engaged in sports	72	59.0
Stable family life	105	86.1
Pain in surgical scars	15	12.6
Grade of the disease (rASRM-Score) (n =113)
Grade I	36	31.9
Grade II	21	18.6
Grade III	24	21.2
Grade IV	32	28.3