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. 2007 Mar 13;32(3):367–373. doi: 10.1007/s00264-007-0321-1

Table 2.

Patients’ prefracture and post-fracture repair functionality according to the Barthel Index Score

  Total arthroplasty group Hemi arthroplasty group Internal fixation group
Prefracture function (129 patients) 87.4 ± 17.4 81.05 ± 8.95 85.2 ± 4.8
Function at discharge 62.3 ± 3.4* 62.1 ± 5.7* 60.3 ± 2.6*
Function after 1 year (95 patients) 84.8 ± 14.8 76.8 ± 6.8 77.1 ± 7.1*
Function after 4 years (62 patients) 85.3 ± 11.6 79.6 ± 6.3 80.1 ± 5.3*

*Statistical significance comparing the functionality before and after fracture in each group, p < 0.05