Clinical Study
Effect of Malunited Midshaft Clavicular Fractures on Shoulder Function
| | Good union () | Malunion () | value |
| | Gender | | | | | Male | 10 (66.7%) | 10 (100%) | | | Female | 5 (33.3%) | 0 (0%) | 0.041 | | Age | 33 (range = 18–48, SD = 9.72) | 34.6 (range = 20–44, SD = 7.39) | 0.643 | | Body mass index | 24.2 (range = 19.5–29.5, SD = 3.6) | 25.05 (range = 22.2–32.0, SD = 3.26) | 0.643 | | Follow-up time (months) | 39 (range = 13–90, SD = 25) | 36.4 (range = 12–80, SD = 19.3) | 1 | | Time to union (months) | 3.87 (range = 2–10, SD=2.15) | 3.10 (range = 2–6, SD = 1.43) | 0.322 | | Dominant hand | | | | | Right | 14 (93,3%) | | | | Left | 1 (6.7%) | 10 (100%) | 0.405 | | Dominant side broken | 7 (46.7%) | 5 (50%) | 0.870 | | Mechanism of injury: | | | | | MVA | 7 (46.7%) | 0 (0%) | | | Bicycle accident | 3 (20%) | 3 (30%) | | | Motorcycle accident | 3 (20%) | 5 (50%) | | | Fall | 2 (13.3%) | 2 (20%) | 0.08 | | Prior sport activity | 6 (40%) | 4 (40%) | 1 | | Return to sport of prior sport-active patients (N = 10) | 6 (100%) | 3 (75%) | 0.197 |
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