Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Table 2 Clinical outcomes of the men and women groups

From: Does gender influence the outcomes of total ankle arthroplasty in patients with ankle osteoarthritis?

	Men (N = 109 ankles)	Women (N = 86 ankles)	p value*
AOS pain†
Preoperative	57.6 ± 14.95	58.6 ± 17.36	0.907
Final follow-up	17.6 ± 19.29	22.4 ± 21.37	0.178
AOS disability†
Preoperative	67.3 ± 11.29	65.2 ± 14.63	0.669
Final follow-up	28.3 ± 20.88	32.1 ± 23.05	0.366
AOFAS ankle-hindfoot score†
Preoperative	51.0 ± 13.92	52.3 ± 12.54	0.573
Final follow-up	88.3 ± 11.99	83.9 ± 15.16	0.060
SF-36 PCS score†
Preoperative	41.9 ± 15.92	46.7 ± 16.45	0.149
Final follow-up	65.2 ± 22.32	55.4 ± 25.05	0.027
VAS pain†
Preoperative	6.8 ± 1.83	7.0 ± 1.61	0.534
Final follow-up	1.7 ± 2.28	2.0 ± 2.25	0.272
ROM, dorsiflexion (°)†
Preoperative	9.8 ± 6.20	9.6 ± 5.44	0.877
Final follow-up	10.5 ± 6.24	11.3 ± 5.12	0.381
ROM, plantar flexion (°)†
Preoperative	21.4 ± 10.09	23.9 ± 9.94	0.138
Final follow-up	22.8 ± 11.28	25.6 ± 9.84	0.170

AOS Ankle Osteoarthritis Scale, AOFAS American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society, SF-36 PCS Short Form-36 Physical Component Summary, VAS visual analog scale, ROM range of motion
*The independent t test was used to analyze age differences in all variables except range of motion. The Mann-Whitney U test was used to analyze differences in range of motion. A p value of < 0.05 was considered significant
†The values are given as the mean ± standard deviation

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