Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients managed with the FARES and Spaso methods.

From: FARES and Spaso method for anterior shoulder dislocation: a prospective randomized control study demonstrating the benefit of a combined approach

Characteristic

FARES (n = 17 )

Spaso (n = 15 )

p-value

Age

49.12 (25.89)

49.13 (21.73)

0.999

Sex

  

0.997

Male

10 (58.8%)

8 (53.3%)

 

Female

7 (41.2%)

7 (46.7%)

 

Mechanism

  

0.117

Traffic accident

1 (5.9%)

5 (33.3%)

 

Fall

12 (70.6%)

6 (40.0%)

 

Others

4 (23.5%)

4 (26.7%)

 

First-ever dislocation

10 (58.8%)

10 (66.7%)

0.726

  1. Variables include age, sex distribution, mechanism of injury (traffic accident, fall, or others), and the incidence of first-time dislocation. No statistically significant differences were observed between the two groups for any baseline characteristic (p-values shown).