Effect of anterior translation of the talus on outcomes of three-component total ankle arthroplasty

Table 3 Comparison of clinical outcomes of patients with and without anterior translation of the talus

Clinical Outcomes	Anterior translation of Talus	Non-translation of Talus	P Value^†
Clinical Outcomes	(N = 50)	(N = 54)	P Value^†
*AOFAS scores (points)**
Preoperative	46.2 ± 13.4	52.5 ± 11.6	0.085
Final follow-up	93.0 ± 6.6	91.0 ± 13.3	0.290
P Value‡	0.002	0.043
Range of motion (º)
Preoperative	28.7 ± 12.1	32.5 ± 14.9	0.241
Final follow-up	40.3 ± 10.9	39.0 ± 10.4	0.198
P Value	0.001	0.032

The values are given as the mean and the standard deviation.
*AOFAS scores American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society ankle-hindfoot scores.
^† Mann–Whitney U-test. The p values shown are for intergroup comparisons. Significance was accepted for p values of < 0.05.
‡Wilcoxon signed rank test. The p values pertain to the comparisons between the preoperative and final follow-up examinations. The level of significance was set at p values < 0.05.

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