Table 3 Outcome scores and recovery time

VAS

 2 wk

4.9 ± 1.0

2.1 ± 1.0

1.8 ± 0.8

1.9 ± 0.6

<0.001

 4 wk

2.3 ± 1.6

1.0 ± 1.1

0.9 ± 0.6

0.9 ± 0.6

<0.001

 6 wk

0.6 ± 1.2

0.4 ± 0.9

0.2 ± 0.6

0.3 ± 0.7

0.431

 8 wk

0.3 ± 0.8

0

0.1 ± 0.3

0.2 ± 0.5

0.006

 10 wk

0.1 ± 0.3

0

0

0.1 ± 0.2

<0.001

AOFAS

 2 wk

50.6 ± 4.3

53.0 ± 4.7

56.1 ± 3.3

54.8 ± 1.6

<0.001

 4 wk

69.4 ± 7.3

67.1 ± 7.8

61.9 ± 4.6

58.8 ± 5.6

<0.001

 6 wk

88.2 ± 11.3

90.3 ± 10.8

82.8 ± 5.4

72.5 ± 5.6

<0.001

 8 wk

90.6 ± 7.7

97.1 ± 6.1

90.1 ± 6.6

82.8 ± 5.2

<0.001

 10 wk

95.0 ± 5.4

99.1 ± 2.0

97.0 ± 4.9

94.7 ± 6.1

<0.001

 12 wk

97.6 ± 4.3

99.1 ± 2.0

98.5 ± 3.0

97.6 ± 4.3

<0.001

 14 wk

98.4 ± 3.4

99.3 ± 1.7

99.6 ± 1.2

99.5 ± 2.1

0.060

 16 wk

98.4 ± 3.4

99.7 ± 0.7

99.6 ± 1.2

99.8 ± 1.0

0.072

 24 wk

99.0 ± 1.9

99.8 ± 0.5

99.7 ± 0.7

99.8 ± 0.6

0.072

 48 wk

99.4 ± 1.2

99.8 ± 0.5

99.8 ± 0.7

99.9 ± 0.4

0.084

ATRS

 2 wk

9.9 ± 3.4

9.8 ± 1.9

8.0 ± 2.5

9.9 ± 2.0

<0.001

 4 wk

32.5 ± 5.3

28.1 ± 6.9

16.6 ± 2.6

13.3 ± 3.0

<0.001

 6 wk

50.0 ± 7.2

50.7 ± 7.4

40.9 ± 3.8

20.4 ± 5.8

<0.001

 8 wk

67.8 ± 10.4

68.3 ± 6.0

57.4 ± 3.3

43.4 ± 4.8

<0.001

 10 wk

74.0 ± 7.6

80.9 ± 5.7

78.2 ± 6.3

67.9 ± 4.7

<0.001

 12 wk

82.0 ± 5.7

90.5 ± 5.3

86.8 ± 4.9

79.4 ± 4.3

<0.001

 14 wk

90.5 ± 2.9

95.3 ± 3.0

91.4 ± 2.9

87.3 ± 3.8

<0.001

 16 wk

96.4 ± 2.4

97.3 ± 1.3

95.0 ± 2.0

93.5 ± 2.3

<0.001

 24 wk

97.1 ± 1.3

97.4 ± 1.0

96.9 ± 1.2

97.1 ± 1.3

0.082

 48 wk

97.3 ± 1.0

97.4 ± 0.8

97.1 ± 1.0

97.4 ± 1.2

0.143

RT (weeks)

 ROM

6.6 ± 2.2

6.5 ± 1.7

8.6 ± 1.3

10.3 ± 1.1

<0.001

 SHRH

12.6 ± 1.3

12.5 ± 1.9

14.2 ± 1.3

14.5 ± 1.5

<0.001

 LSA

18.7 ± 2.0

18.3 ± 1.8

19.8 ± 1.4

20.4 ± 1.8

<0.001