BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Table 7 The comparison of arm circumference and length decrease level on sick side with useful and useless shoulder function

From: The effect of perinatal brachial plexus lesion on upper limb development

Shoulder function	ACS^a	Statistical significance
Shoulder function	(%)	UF / UL
Useful (UF)	95 (SD 3.6)^*	p = NS
n = 38	95 (SD 3.6)^*
Useless (UL)	94 (SD 6.7)^*
n = 6	94 (SD 6.7)^*
Shoulder function	ALS^b	Statistical significance
Shoulder function	(%)	UF / UL
Useful (UF)	95 (SD 3.4)^*	p = NS
n = 38	95 (SD 3.4)^*
Useless (UL)	95 (SD 1.8)^*
n = 6	95 (SD 1.8)^*

^a- arm circumference on sick side.
^b- arm length on sick side.
^*- average dimension on sick side expressed in % in relation to healthy side (100%).

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