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Table 9 Relationship between degeneration of muscles and ambulatory status improvement from 1-week post-surgery to discharge

From: Correlation between preoperative CT scan of the paraspinal, psoas, and gluteus muscles and postoperative ambulatory status in patients with femoral neck fractures

Degeneration of muscle

Improved ambulatory status group (IG)

(N = 59)

Stable ambulatory status group (SG)

(N = 33)

P-value

Psoas muscle

0.19 ± 0.39

0.15 ± 0.36

0.67

Paraspinal muscle

2.6 ± 0.80

2.4 ± 0.82

0.08

Gluteus maximus muscle

1.3 ± 0.45

1.4 ± 0.50

0.23

Gluteus medius muscle

1.0 ± 0.18

1.1 ± 0.24

0.55

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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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