. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2018 Jul 13;43(8):875–878. doi: 10.1177/1753193418786375

Table 1. Recommended return to work times.

		n	Recommended time (days)			p-value
		n	Median	IQR	>Range	p-value
Desk-based duties	Surgeons	145	7	2-14	0-42	0.02

	Therapists	104	10	6-14	0-30

	All	249	7	3-14

Repetitive light manual duties	Surgeons	144	14	14-28	1-56	0.58

	Therapists	104	16	14-28	2-45

	All	248	15	14-28

Heavy manual duties	Surgeons	145	30	21-42	1-90	0.96

	Therapists	104	30	21-42	5-90

	All	249	30	21-42

IQR interquartile range