Table 3. Comparison of scores at the 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up in the two treatment groups.

Outcome	External fixation	Percentage of uninjured side	Plating	Percentage of uninjured side	P-valve
Three months
Grip strength	29.34 (±3.12)	20.89	27.54 (±2.45)	24.54	0.151
Pain/mm	1.82		2.23		0.118
Extension/%	62.87 (±4.32)	30.12	74.76 (±3.86)	23.76	0.043
Flexion/%	61.28 (±6.43)	24.76	65.87 (±4.98)	27.65	0.153
Supination/%	70.12 (±6.53)	28.65	82.76 (±4.83)	23.25	0.047
Pronation/%	81.76 (±5.87)	21.87	94.76 (±5.65)	13.29	0.001
Radial deviation/%	65.67 (±4.98)	35.65	65.54 (±7.54)	56.98	0.112
Ulnar deviation/%	65.57 (±3.76)	35.76	66.87 (±7.65)	36.85	0.142
Function (DASH score)	26.18 (±1.87)		21.98 (±3.74)		0.176
Six months
Grip strength	51.76 (±4.21)	35.62	78.97 (±2.87)	32.17	0.021
Pain/mm	2.65 (±0.43)		2.67 (±0.87)		0.541
Extension/%	56.29 (±2.98)	14.65	57.87 (±5.87)	17.98	0.565
Flexion/%	72.13 (±3.53)	13.95	78.55 (±3.39)	15.73	0.342
Supination/%	84.21 (±3.87)	7.61	86.53 (±2.63)	8.43	0.635
Pronation/%	61.76 (±5.47)	37.85	95.12 (±5.04)	5.21	<0.001
Radial deviation/%	90.54 (±8.05)	62.15	84.89 (±7.85)	57.76	0.827
Ulnar deviation/%	75.94 (±2.97)	9.72	71.45 (±3.07)	12.23	0.397
Function (DASH score)	33.16 (±5.48)		36.65 (±7.83)		0.647
Twelve months
Grip strength	98.07 (±8.27)	72.75	93.32 (±5.43)	68.22	0.476
Pain/mm	1.73 (±0.68)		1.65 (±0.65)		0.836
Extension/%	85.23 (±3.75)	21.76	86.48 (±5.08)	19.04	0.255
Flexion/%	81.37 (±6.02)	24.68	82.18 (±3.87)	21.98	0.632
Supination/%	98.41 (±1.64)	16.03	98.76 (±2.67)	8.98	0.627
Pronation/%	95.29 (±2.57)	5.23	99.37 (±3.59)	4.87	0.243
Radial deviation/%	99.53 (±2.76)	77.76	96.78 (±4.97)	7.38	0.347
Ulnar deviation/%	80.27 (±7.65)	23.65	79.91 (±5.81)	79.07	0.754
Function (DASH score)	18.79 (±5.54)		16.81 (±5.98)		0.276