Table 2.
Clinical results of included studies.
| Main author | Number of patients | Range of motion | Strength testing | Mean MEPS | Mean ASES | Mean DASH | |||||||||
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| Flexion/extension | Supination/pronation | AVFS (%) | AVSS (%) | SAT | NS | ||||||||||
| AVROM | SAT | NS | AVP | AVS | SAT | NS | |||||||||
| Bain [10] | 10 | 5°–146° | 9 | 1 | 80 | 81 | 9 | 1 | NR | NR | 10 | — | NR | NR | NR |
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| Greenberg [11] | 11 | −4°–141° | 11 | — | 73 | 74 | 11 | — | 97 | 82 | 11 | — | NR | NR | NR |
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| Spencer Jr. [20] | 15 | 100 | 100 | 15 | — | NR | NR | ||||||||
| Group 1∗ (6 pt) | −1.5°–139.1° | 6 | — | 75.8 | 76.6 | 6 | — | 3.1 | |||||||
| Group 2$ (9 pt) | −1.5°–138.5° | 9 | — | 77.5 | 76.5 | 9 | — | 1 | |||||||
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| Peeters [21] | 17 | −2°–134° | 16 | 1 | 77 | 76 | 12 | 5 | 80 | 91 | 11 | 6 | 93.8 | NR | NR |
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| Dillon [26] | 17 | 0°–135° | 17 | — | 67 | 72 | 13 | 4 | 101 | 99 | 15 | 2 | NR | 98.7 | NR |
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| Gupta [27] | 8 | 0°–143° | 8 | — | 77 | 81 | 8 | — | NR | NR | — | — | 100 | NR | 0 |
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| Banerjee [23] | 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Group 1! (18 pt) | 1.1°–147.2° | 18 | 89.4 | 85.8 | 18 | 94 | 92.9 | 18 | 100 | 98 | 0.3 | ||||
| Group 2& (9 pt) | −1.7°–142.2° | 9 | 88.9 | 78.3 | 9 | 88 | 77.6 | 9 | 77.8 | 87.8 | 5.2 | ||||
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| Total | 105 | 94 (89.5)% | 11 (10.5%) | 86 (82%) | 19 (18%) | 80 (82.4%) | 17 (17.6%) | ||||||||
Group 1∗: supervised physiotherapy group; Group 2$: no therapy; Group 1!: without complications; Group 2&: with complications; MEPS: Mayo Elbow Performance Score; ASES: American Shoulder & Elbow Surgeons Score; DASH: Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder & Hand Score; NR: not reported; AVROM: average range of motion; AVP: average pronation; AVS: average supination; AVFS: average flexion strength; AVSS: average supination strength; SAT: satisfied; NS: nonsatisfied; studies in Group B are highlighted with bold.