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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Functional outcome in different grades of osteoporosis presented as mean and range of the Constant score at 3, 6 and 12 months follow-up

From: Internal fixation of proximal humeral fractures with locking proximal humeral plate (LPHP) in elderly patients with osteoporosis

Follow-up

Constant score according to grades of osteoporosis

II (= 8)

III (= 9)

IV (= 8)

3 Months

65 (55–76)

68 (60–80)

73 (66–80)

6 Months

72 (60–82)

75 (67–86)

78 (68–86)

12 Months

78 (66–88)

80 (71-92)

83 (78–88)