Table 2.
Clinical results at the latest follow-up (“Post”) compared to preoperative values (“Pre”). Mean values (SD), but median (range) for QuickDASH
| Rheumatoid cases |
Non-rheumatoid cases |
p-value a | All cases |
p-value b | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | Pre | Post | Pre | Post | |||
| Pain (0–100 on VAS) | 66 (20) | 29 (26) | 72 (12) | 23 (38) | 0.6 | 67 (17) | 27 (29) | 0.001 |
| Grip strength (KgF) | 9 (8) | 14 (8) | 16 (14) | 19 (13) | 0.3 | 10 (10) | 15 (10) | 0.03 |
| QuickDASH (0–100) | 61 (41–89) | 41 (8–84) | 41 (14–79) | 50 (0–61) | 0.5 | 58 (14–89) | 42 (0–84) | 0.001 |
| Motion (degrees) | ||||||||
| Supination | 71 (22) | 81 (13) | 72 (35) | 89 (4) | 0.003 | 71 (25) | 83 (12) | 0.005 |
| Pronation | 71 (16) | 80 (10) | 82 (12) | 85 (13) | 0.3 | 79 (15) | 81 (11) | 0.5 |
| Extension | 27 (16) | 28 (15) | 43 (18) | 43 (22) | 0.06 | 30 (17) | 31 (18) | 0.8 |
| Flexion | 25 (21) | 25 (16) | 50 (19) | 44 (23) | 0.003 | 31 (23) | 29 (19) | 0.7 |
| Radial | 7 (11) | 6 (8) | 14 (8) | 7 (5) | 0.6 | 8 (11) | 6 (8) | 0.3 |
| Ulnar | 14 (8) | 20 (14) | 23 (14) | 28 (16) | 0.2 | 16 (11) | 22 (14) | 0.02 |
a Significance of differences between the rheumatoid cases and the non-rheumatoid cases at follow-up.
b Signifcance of differences between preoperative values and values at follow-up for the total sample.