Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 3 Comparison of Green and O’Brien score in two techniques at 6 months and 1 year follow-up

From: External fixation versus volar locking plate for displaced intra-articular distal radius fractures: a prospective randomized comparative study of the functional outcomes

	6 months			1 year
	External fixator	Volar plating	P value	External fixator	Volar plating	P value
Pain	19.91 ± 4.6	21.22 ± 3.71	0.129	22.36 ± 2.86	21.33 ± 3.5	0.114
ROM	17.36 ± 6.2	19.67 ± 5.3	0.053	22.0 ± 4.77	19.89 ± 5.05	0.035
Grip strength	16.91 ± 5.3	16.78 ± 4.4	0.895	19.91 ± 5.4	16.89 ± 4.4	0.003
Activity	21.36 ± 4.4	22.67 ± 3.1	0.161	23.09 ± 2.6	23.44 ± 2.78	0.517
Final score	75.54 ± 17.7	80.33 ± 11.25	0.120	87.36 ± 11.62	81.55 ± 11.327	0.010

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