Table 3.
Patient Specific Functional Scale | |
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Mean ± SD | |
(p value) | |
Gender | |
Female | 2.9 ± 2.2 |
Male | 3.2 ± 2.3 |
(p = 0.54) | |
Workers’ compensation or litigation | |
Yes | 2.6 ± 1.9 |
No | 3.3 ± 2.4 |
(p = 0.07) | |
Dominant Hand Injured | |
Yes | 2.9 ± 2.1 |
No | 3.4 ± 2.5 |
(p = 0.22) | |
Work status | |
Working (full or part time) | 3.5 ± 2.2 |
Unemployed | 2.4 ± 2.2 |
Homemaker, retired or student | 3.4 ± 2.5 |
(p = 0.02) | |
Nerve Injured | |
Brachial plexus | 2.3 ± 1.8 |
Single nerve shoulder region | 2.9 ± 2.2 |
Median/ulnar/radial | 3.5 ± 2.3 |
Digital | 6.4 ± 3.1 |
(p < 0.001) |