Table 3.
Return to work, length of physical therapy and time to maximum medical improvement between cohorts reported as mean and standard deviation
|
Overall
(n=39) |
Nonsurgical
(n=14) |
Surgical
(n=25) |
p -value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return to work | ||||||
| Light duty (months) | 2.9 ± 3.2 | 2.0 ± 1.2 | 3.5 ± 3.9 | 0.20 | ||
| Full duty (months) | 4.6 ± 1.8 | 4.6 ± 1.8 | 4.6 ± 1.9 | 0.99 | ||
| Never returned to full duty / permanent disability (No. patients) | 4 (4/37, 10.8%)* | 2 (2/14, 14.3%) | 2 (2/23, 8.7%)* | 0.61 | ||
| Length of PT (months) | 4.0 ± 1.7 | 3.5 ± 1.1 | 4.4 ± 1.9 | 0.15 | ||
| Time to MMI (months) | 6.0 ± 1.8 | 6.5 ± 2.2 | 5.7 ± 1.6 | 0.25 | ||
MMI=maximal medical improvement; PT=physical therapy;
*Two surgical patients were lost to final follow-up.