Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
From: Clinical results of an arthroscopic modified Brostrom operation with and without an internal brace
Mean AOFAS score | Mean grade of anterior drawer test | |||||||
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Preoperation | 1 week | 2 weeks | 6 weeks | 12 weeks | 24 weeks | Preoperation | 24 week | |
Internal brace group | 65.8 ± 21.8 | 70.6 ± 19.8 | 85.5 ± 20.7 | 95.9 ± 20.2 | 96.9 ± 19.4 | 98.0 ± 16.8 | 2.7 ± 0.7 | 0.1 ± 0.4 |
Without internal brace group | 66.7 ± 15.0 | 72.5 ± 13.0 | 92.0 ± 7.6 | 96.5 ± 5.4 | 2.6 ± 0.5 | 0.1 ± 0.4 | ||
p value | 0.958 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.375 | 0.521 | 0.882 |