Table 2.
Clinician-Rated Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Patient A |
Patient B |
Patient C |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presurgery | Postsurgery (16 wks) | Presurgery | Postsurgery (16 wks) | Presurgery | Postsurgery (16 wks) | ||
| Assisted angle | Index finger | 0° | 0° | 0° | 0° | 10° | 0° |
| Middle finger | 0° | 0° | 0° | 0° | 10° | 0° | |
| Ring finger | 20° | 0° | 0° | 0° | 45° (30°)∗ | 15° (15°)∗ | |
| Little finger | 20° | 0° | 5° | 0° | 40° (20°)∗ | 5° (0°)∗ | |
| Brand score | Open hand | Poor | Excellent | Poor | Excellent | Poor | Good |
| Closed fist | Good | Excellent | Good | Excellent | Good | Excellent | |
| Mechanism of closing | Fair | Excellent | Fair | Excellent | Poor | Excellent | |
∗
Contracture angle at the PIP joint.