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. 2015 May;9(2):122–128. doi: 10.1177/2049463714541423

Table 3.

Demographics and Baseline data of cohort.

No. of recruited patients (%)
Gender (N = 240)
 Male 66 (27.5)
 Female 174 (72.5)
Age at onset of symptoms (years) (N = 239) Mean 43 years (range 12–78, SD 12.7)
Duration of symptoms at recruitment (months) (N = 237) Median 29 months (range 0–297, IQR 39.7)
Delay between onset and diagnosis (months) (N = 209) Median 6 months (range 0–129, IQR 13.4)
Trigger (N = 236)
 Fracture 66 (28.0)
 Soft tissue injury 69 (29.2)
 Surgery 56 (23.7)
 Spontaneous 37 (15.7)
 Nerve injury 5 (2.1)
 Electric injury 1 (0.4)
 Other 2 (0.8)
First limb affected (N = 239)
 Right arm 65 (27.2)
 Left arm 50 (20.9)
 Right leg 55 (23.0)
 Left leg 69 (28.9)
Hand dominance (original) (N = 160)
 Right 133 (83.1)
 Left 27 (16.9)
Hand dominance (current) (N = 124)
 Right 97 (78.2)
 Left 27 (21.8)
Second area (if any) affected (N = 30)
 Right arm 3 (10.0)
 Left arm 6 (20.0)
 Right leg 10 (33.3)
 Left leg 10 (33.3)
 Right eye and neck 1 (3.3)
Time between onset of symptoms in first limb and second area (months) (N = 26) Median 15 months (range 0–130, IQR 29.5)