Table 1 Patient characteristics and outcome measurements
Patient | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P5 | P6 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender (m/f) | f | f | m | f | f | f | ||||||
Age (years) | 52 | 57 | 69 | 58 | 67 | 67 | ||||||
AO/OTA fracture classification | B3(i) | B2(i) | C3(i) | C3(i) | B2(i) | B2(i) | ||||||
Dominant arm (yes/no) | no | yes | no | yes | no | no | ||||||
Follow-up (months) | 46 | 48 | 42 | 13 | 16 | 12 | ||||||
OSS | 40 | 45 | 48 | 42 | 48 | 48 | ||||||
DASH | 36 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 25 | 26 | ||||||
Equation 5D VAS | 90 | 90 | 90 | 83 | 81 | 95 | ||||||
Equation 5D Index | 1 | 1 | 0.887 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
injured | control | injured | control | injured | control | injured | control | injured | control | injured | control | |
CMS | 73 | 83 | 66 | 78 | 79 | 82 | 74 | 90 | 75 | 77 | 82 | 82 |
CMS (gender- and age adapted [7] | 87 | 99 | 79 | 93 | 86 | 89 | 88 | 107 | 90 | 93 | 99 | 99 |
Abduction strength at 30° (kg) | 4.1 | 4.8 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 7.2 | 5.8 | 17.6 | 16.1 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 19.2 | 12.1 |
Abduction strength at 60° (kg) | 3.0 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 7.1 | 5.3 | 17.1 | 15.0 |
Abduction strength at 90° (kg) | 2.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 7.3 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
Flexion strength at 30° (kg) | 4.2 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 6.3 | 12.9 | 16.3 | 6.3 | 4.6 | 15.0 | 8.6 |
Flexion strength at 60° (kg) | 3.5 | 4.4 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 8.3 | 11.7 | 6.7 | 5.3 | 15.6 | 14.5 |
Flexion strength at 90° (kg) | 2.3 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 7.4 |
Deltoid muscle area (mm2) | 1951 | 2317 | 2335 | 2170 | 4665 | 3054 | 2401 | 2228 | 2452 | 2559 | 2378 | 3001 |
Deltoid muscle area (%, injured vs. control) | -16 | 8 | 53 | 8 | -4 | -21 | ||||||