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Table 1 Functional evaluations before surgery and at final follow-up

From: Long-term radiographic outcomes and functional evaluation of ulnar shortening osteotomy in patients with ulnar impaction syndrome and reverse oblique sigmoid notch: a retrospective case series study

Evaluations

Pre-operation

Mean ± SD (Range)

Final follow-up

Mean ± SD (Range)

p-value

Flexion (o)

67.5 ± 6.5 (55–80)

74.6 ± 8.6 (50–90)

0.001

Extension (o)

69.3 ± 5.0 (60–80)

76.8 ± 6.5 (65–90)

0.001

Pronation (o)

73.0 ± 6.3 (60–80)

78.4 ± 3.2 (70–80)

< 0.001

Supination (o)

75.5 ± 4.1 (70–80)

82.5 ± 5.5 (70–90)

< 0.001

VAS at rest

0.8 ± 0.7 (0–2)

0.2 ± 0.4 (0–1)

0.002

VAS during activity

6.0 ± 0.9 (5–8)

1.3 ± 0.9 (0–3)

< 0.001

QuickDASH

NA

15.1 ± 8.8 (2.3–34.1)

Modified Mayo Wrist Score

NA

91.6 ± 6.4 (70–100)

Grip strength (Kg)

17.9 ± 6.7 (10–33)

28.2 ± 7.7 (19–50)

< 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: VAS visual analogue scale, SD standard deviation, NA not available
  2. p-value using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test