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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Comparison of ASES scores and Constant scores [15] of both groups

From: Surgical fixation of displaced midshaft clavicle fractures: elastic intramedullary nailing versus precontoured plating

Scores

Precontoured plating group

Antegrade elastic nailing group

p value

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean

Standard deviation

ASES score—subjective

 Pain

9.1

0.3

9.3

0.2

0.42

 Activities

28.4

0.8

30.3

0.6

0.62

ASES score—objective

 Range of motion

38.8

0.8

35.6

0.7

0.81

 Strength

19.2

0.4

20.5

0.2

0.64

Total ASES score

99.4

0.6

96.8

3.0

0.39

Constant score—subjective

34.2

1.2

30.3

1.8

0.81

Constant score—objective

62.7

2.4

60.6

2.9

0.74

Total Constant score

96.2

2.6

94.6

3.2

0.83