Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Baseline clinical and demographic characteristics
Treatment group | Total | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Control | Hyaloglide® | |||
Age, mean years (SD) | 33.2 (11.4) | 33.5 (9.9) | 33.3 (10.6) | 0.9 |
Gender, % (SD) | 0.24 | |||
Female | 8 (42.11) | 4 (23.53) | 12 | |
Male | 11 (57.89) | 13 (76.47) | 24 | |
Involved elbow, % (SD) | 0.52 | |||
Right | 11 (57.89) | 8 (47.06) | 19 | |
Left | 8 (42.11) | 9 (52.94) | 7 | |
Ulnar nerve involvement, % (SD) | 1 | |||
No | 14 (73.7) | 13 (76.5) | 27 | |
Yes | 5 (26.3) | 4 (23.5) | 9 | |
Presence of calcification, n (%) | 0.04 | |||
No | 12 (63.16 %) | 5 (29.41 %) | 17 | |
Yes | 7 (36.84 %) | 12 (70.59 %) | 19 | |
LES score, mean (SD) | 6.54 (1.29) | 6.46 (1.35) | 6.50 (1.30) | 0.85 |
ROM mean (SD) | 86.16 (26.19) | 75.88 (24.48) | 81.3 (25.6) | 0.23 |
Presence of pain, % (SD) | 0.66 | |||
No | 4 (22.2) | 2 (11.8) | 6 (17.1) | |
Yes | 14 (77.8) | 15 (88.2) | 29 (82.9) | |
Intensity of pain, mean (SD) | 44.2 (26.9) | 35.9 (22.2) | 40.0 (24.6) | 0.34 |