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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Night-time splinting after fasciectomy or dermo-fasciectomy for Dupuytren's contracture: a pragmatic, multi-centre, randomised controlled trial

  

Splint group

No splint group

  

N = 77

N = 77

Centre

Cambridge

13 (17%)

13 (17%)

 

Ipswich

17 (22%)

18 (23%)

 

Norwich

30 (39%)

29 (38%)

 

Peterborough

5 (6%)

4 (5%)

 

West Suffolk

12 (16%)

13 (17%)

Age

Mean (SD)

67.2 (10.0)

67.5 (9.2)

Sex

Ratio male: female

61:16

59:18

Occupation

Working

24 (31%)

29 (38%)

 

Seeking Work

1 (1%)

0

 

Retired/Not working

52 (68%)

48 (62%)

Surgery Type

Dermofasciectomy

7 (9%)

9 (12%)

 

Fasciectomy

70 (91%)

68 (88%)

Operated Digit

Index

5 (7%)

3 (4%)

 

Long

7 (9%)

16 (21%)

 

Ring

37 (49%)

26 (34%)

 

Small

56 (74%)

53 (69%)

No operated rays

One

50 (66%)

60 (78%)

 

Two

23 (30%)

13(17%)

 

Three

3 (4%)

4 (5%)

Previous Surgery

Yes

11 (14%)

12 (16%)

 

No

66 (86%)

65 (84%)

Woodruff Grade

2 (MCP only)

3 (4%)

7 (9%)

 

3 (MCP and PIP, single digit)

42 (55%)

45 (58%)

 

4 (as 3 multiple digits)

32 (41%)

25 (33%)

Initial DASH Score

Mean (SD)

16.4 (15.1)

15.4 (13.2)

Initial TAF*

Mean (SD)

223.8 (20.9)

226.2 (15.0)

Initial TAE*

Mean (SD)

50.7 (22.2)

51.1 (18.8)

  1. TAF = total active flexion of MCPJ, PIPJ and DIPJ of operated digit(s) only
  2. TAE = total active extension of MCPJ, PIP and DIPJ of operated digit(s) only