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Table 1 Demographic and injury data at baseline data on all patients included (n = 124)

From: Measuring Outcome after Wrist Injury: Translation and Validation of the Swedish Version of the Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation (PRWE-Swe)

 

Patients with chronic

wrist disability (n = 62)

Patients with an acute

wrist injury (n = 62)

Age at injury, yrs, mean; SD (range)

62; 13 (26-85)

59; 16 (15-88)

Female, n (%)

52 (84)

50 (81)

Type of employment

    

Office work

21

32

15

23

Healthcare, physiotherapy or care of children

8

13

14

23

Retired

15

24

22

35

Other*

3

7

2

4

Missing

15

24

9

15

Type of injury

    

Distal radius fracture

55

88

58

94

Distal radius and ulna fracture

1

2

2

3

Other injury hand/wrist**

6

10

2

3

Type of treatment

    

Plaster cast

34

55

36

58

External fixation

13

21

17

27

Open reduction, internal fixation

5

8

6

10

Osteotomy

7

11

2

3

Other***

3

5

1

2

  1. * air stewardess (n = 1), gym teacher (n = 1), bus driver (n = 1), manual labor (n = 2)
  2. **scaphoid fracture (n = 1), fracture collum radii (n = 1), DRF + phalange fracture (n = 2), metacarpal fracture (n = 2), distal radius fracture + EPL-rupture (n = 2)
  3. *** open reduction and pin fixation (n = 1,) EIP to EPL transfer (n = 2), external fixator and volar plate (n = 1)