Table 1.

Characteristics of all the responders and the two largest subgroups who completed the DASH before and after surgery, and the patients who did not respond after surgery (dropouts)

	All responders	Arthroscopic acromioplasty	Carpal tunnel release	Dropouts
	n = 109	n = 25	n = 19	n = 9
Women (n)	63	12	17	3
Men (n)	46	13	2	6
Age: mean (range) years	52 (18–83)	54 (37–71)	52 (30–83)	56 (24–76)
Followup: mean (range) months	12 (6–21)	13 (9–21)	9 (6–11)	-