Table 2. Details of study participants demographics, inclusion/exclusion criteria and whether data was provided.
| Author | Year | Inclusion
criteria |
Exclusion
criteria |
Intervention
group mean age, years (sd) |
Comparator
group mean age, years (sd) |
Intervention
group numbers/sex |
Comparator
group numbers/sex |
Data
comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aita et al. 16 | 2016 | SNAC stage 2
and aged 18 to 60 |
Metabolic
bone disease, bilateral problems and previous surgery |
32.4 (9.4) | 40.4 (8.9) | 13/12M 1F | 14/12M 2F | Full data
provided |
| Bisneto et al. 15 | 2011 | SNAC/SLAC
grade 1 or 2 |
Inflammatory
arthritis, midcarpal joint disease, failure to attend follow up |
43.4 (10.1) | 42 (10.6) | Not stated | Not stated | Incomplete
data and author did not respond to multiple emails |
| Thiele et al. 17 | 2009 | Chronic wrist
pain, mixed population of osteoarthritis and inflammatory arthritis |
Under 18 years of
age, no functional impairment, seeking compensation, significant comorbidity |
64 (range 18–82) | 25/12M 13F | Data set for
OA group not published and author did not respond to multiple emails |
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SNAC, scaphoid non-union advanced collapse; SLAC, scapholunate advanced collapse; OA, osteoarthritis.