Prevalence of posttraumatic arthritis following distal radius fractures in non-osteoporotic patients and the association with radiological measurements, clinician and patient-reported outcomes
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Dec 07, 2018
Lameijer CM, et al. - Experts ascertained the prevalence of posttraumatic arthritis (PA), to evaluate the correlations of radiological measurements, clinician-reported and patient-reported outcomes (CROs and PROs) with PA and gain insight into employment changes after DRF in non-osteoporotic patients. A considerably high prevalence of PA following DRFs was seen in the non-osteoporotic patients, despite a relatively short follow-up time. More often PA was seen in the patients with longer radial length. Irrespective of AO/OTA fracture type, diminished range of motion, but no altered grip strength measurements were seen in the patients with PA. Diminished general functioning and dissatisfaction, which was impacted by the diminished active range of motion was perceived by non-osteoporotic patients following DRFs. They did not report the pain or impaired general health status. In this patient group, a valuable evaluation tool might be the PRO MHQ.
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