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Table 5 The influence of arm positions on fracture deformities

From: The deformities of acute diaphyseal clavicular fractures: a three-dimensional analysis

 

Arm down (n = 72)

Arm up (n = 28)

P value

Length

− 5.8 ± 9.4 mm

− 4.2 ± 4.8 mm

0.381

Displacement

12.3 ± 7.7 mm

10.5 ± 5.0 mm

0.244

Rotation Z

1 ± 8 degrees

− 4 ± 8 degrees

0.004*

Rotation Y

1 ± 9 degrees

0 ± 6 degrees

0.326

Rotation X

− 10 ± 14 degrees

− 2 ± 10 degrees

0.004*

  1. *P < 0.05