Table 5.

Subjective healing of the patients with isolated serratus palsy in subgroups

Subgroup	Number of patients	Patients’ subjective opinion
		Healed		Nonhealed
		Number of patients	Percent	Number of patients	Percent
All patients	37	21	57	16	43
Male	22	12	55	10	45
Female	15	9	60	6	40
Age at the onset of symptoms
Younger than 35 years	19	8	42	11	58
Older than 35 years	18	13	72	5	28
No physiotherapy	26	16	62	10	38
Physiotherapy	11	5	45	6	55
Trauma in etiology	12	7	58	5	42
No trauma	25	14	56	11	44
Exertion in etiology	22	12	55	10	45
No exertion	15	9	60	6	40
Infectious	9	7	78	2	22
Noninfectious	28	14	50	14	50
Heaviness of work
Light	27	15	56	12	44
Hard	10	6	60	4	40