Table 2.
Characteristics of patients with isolated serratus palsy on baseline*
| Variable | All patients | Females | Males | p value** |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex (number, %) | 55 (100) | 13 (24) | 42 (76) | 0.001 |
| Age at baseline (years, mean, SD) | 30 (10) | 28 (8) | 31 (10) | 0.321 |
| Palsy on right side (number, %) | 49 (89) | 13 (100) | 36 (86) | 0.149 |
| Flexion (°, SD) | 137 (24) | 147 (21) | 133 (25) | 0.115 |
| Abduction (°, SD) | 150 (33) | 161 (29) | 147 (34) | 0.289 |
| Scapular winging noticed by (%) | 0.935 | |||
| Doctor | 26 | 23 | 27 | |
| Physiotherapist | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Patient | 57 | 62 | 56 | |
| Family member | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
| Duration of pain (%) | 0.497 | |||
| < 1 week | 31 | 29 | 31 | |
| 1–4 weeks | 44 | 29 | 49 | |
| > 1 month | 25 | 42 | 20 | |
| Intensity of pain (%) | 0.714 | |||
| Mild | 22 | 14 | 24 | |
| Hard | 37 | 43 | 36 | |
| Unbearable | 41 | 43 | 40 | |
| Heaviness of work | 0.122 | |||
| Light | 31 | 50 | 24 | |
| Moderate | 27 | 29 | 27 | |
| Heavy | 42 | 21 | 49 |
* At first examination by the senior author (MV); **age, flexion, and abduction p values between males and females are from independent samples t-test and other p values are from Pearson’s chi-square test.