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Table 1 Patient characteristics according to examiner

From: Examiners’ influence on the measured active and passive extension deficit in finger joints affected by Dupuytren disease

 

Examiner 1

Examiner 2

Examiner 3

Number of patients

 

60

49

48

Number of joints

 

115

83

93

 Men, n (%)

 

87 (76)

72 (87)

77 (83)

 Women, n (%)

 

28 (24)

11 (13)

16 (17)

Patient age, mean (SD) yrs

 

69 (7.2)

70 (9.2)

70 (8.9)

Affected finger (n)

Index

0

0

2

Middle

11

5

2

Ring

34

37

35

Little

70

41

54

MCP joint, a n

 

65

50

48

PIP joint,a n

 

50

33

45

MCP joint, mean (SD)

AED

53 (24)

47 (16)

46 (22)

PED

47 (16)

36 (21)

33 (25)

PIP joint, mean (SD)

AED

42 (21)

35 (19)

45 (19)

PED

37 (21)

27 (22)

34 (20)

  1. aJoints, in treated finger, with ≥10° AED at baseline
  2. AED active extension deficit, PED passive extension deficit, SD standard deviation, MCP metacarpophalangeal, PIP proximal interphalangeal