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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Nov;140(5):697e–708e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003750

Table 3.

Summary of Functional Outcomes

Range of Motion (Degree or %*) Grip Strength (%*)
Pre-Operative Post-Operative Pre-
Operative
Post-
Operative
Study Extension-
Flexion
Pronation-
Supination
Radial-
Ulnar
Deviation
Extension-
Flexion
Pronation-
Supination
Radial-
Ulnar
Deviation
Cooney, 1993 N/A N/A N/A 117 N/A 46 69 N/A
Husby et al., 2001 N/A N/A N/A 94% 100% 96% N/A 95
Blackwell et al., 2001 N/A N/A N/A 83.5% 96% 82% N/A 91
Miwa et al., 2004 N/A N/A N/A 90% 88% 88% N/A 88
Darlis et al., 2005 118 132 43 132 153 48 64 83
Infanger et al., 2009 N/A N/A N/A 163 152 58 N/A 93
Garcia-Lopez et al., 2012 N/A N/A N/A 92% 97% N/A N/A N/A
Nishizuka et al., 2013 122 152 N/A 140 171 N/A 69 74
Cardenas-Montemayor et al., 2013 N/A N/A N/A 147 (99%) 178 (99%) 50 (95%) N/A 97
Broccoli, et al., 2014 N/A N/A N/A 92.3% N/A N/A N/A 78.6
Moldner et al., 2015 N/A N/A N/A 122 (96%) 164 (100%) 48 (100%) N/A 96
Mean ± SD 120± 3 140 ± 14 43 146 ± 18 (136 ± 6§) (92%) 161 ± 11 (162± 13§) (96%) 53 ± 5 (92%) 66 ± 3 91 ± 6
*

“%” means a percentage, normalized to measurements taken on the unaffected side; N/A-not available; SD- standard deviation;

§

Mean data were calculated from the data that showed pre-operative arc of motion.