Table 1 The baseline characteristics for included studies.
First author | Year | Country | Intervention | Total | Sample size | Gender (M/F) | Age (years) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A1 | A2 | A1 | A2 | A1 | A2 | A1 | A2 | ||||
McQueen MM | 1996 | UK | Plaster | EF (B) | 60 | 30 | 30 | 2/28 | 4/26 | 64 ± 14.5 | 63 ± 11.6 |
McQueen MM | 1998 | UK | EF (NB) | EF (B) | 60 | 30 | 30 | 3/27 | 2/28 | 62 ± 14 | 61 ± 13 |
Krishnan J | 2003 | Australia | EF (NB) | EF (B) | 60 | 30 | 30 | 12/18 | 7/23 | 58 (18–82) | 55 (19–83) |
Grewal R | 2005 | Canada | D | K–wire | 62 | 29 | 33 | 12/17 | 12/21 | 46 ± 2.7 | 45 ± 2.7 |
Kreder HJ | 2005 | USA | V + D | EF (NB) | 179 | 91 | 88 | 59/32 | 50/38 | 39 (20–81) | 40 (20–78) |
Westphal T | 2005 | Germany | V + D | K–wire | 131 | 54 | 77 | 26/28 | 31/46 | 59.5 ± 15.8 | 60.6 ± 15.3 |
Wright TW | 2005 | USA | V | EF (B) | 32 | 21 | 11 | 11/10 | 3/8 | 50.1 (19–74) | 50 (21–64) |
Atroshi I | 2006 | Sweden | EF (NB) | EF (B) | 38 | 19 | 19 | 3/16 | 4/15 | 70 (55–86) | 71 (57–84) |
Egol K | 2008 | USA | V | EF (B) | 88 | 44 | 44 | 19/25 | 22/22 | 52.2 (19–87) | 49.9 (18–78) |
Hayes AJ | 2008 | Canada | EF (NB) | EF (B) | 588 | 358 | 230 | 47/311 | 71/159 | 64 | 58 |
Leung F | 2008 | Taiwan, China | V + D | K-wire | 144 | 70 | 74 | 85/52 | 42 (17–60) | ||
Abramo A | 2009 | Sweden | D | EF (B) | 50 | 26 | 24 | 14/36 | 48 (20–65) | ||
Schmelzer–Schmied N | 2009 | Germany | V | K-wire | 30 | 15 | 15 | NR | 60 (50–70) | ||
Xu GG | 2009 | Singapore | V + D | K-wire | 30 | 16 | 14 | 9/7 | 9/5 | 41.8 (21–56) | 45.3 (35–55) |
Aktekin CN | 2010 | Turkey | Plaster | EF (B) | 46 | 24 | 22 | 5/19 | 9/13 | 71.2 ± 5.2 | 69.8 ± 4.5 |
Wong TC | 2010 | China | K-wire | Plaster | 60 | 30 | 30 | 6/24 | 5/25 | 70 (66–76) | 71 (65–76) |
Chappuis J | 2011 | Belgium | V | D | 31 | 15 | 16 | 2/13 | 2/14 | 71.73 ± 13.6 | 71.69 ± 11.2 |
Grewal R | 2011 | Canada | V + D | EF (B) | 53 | 27 | 26 | 6/20 | 6/18 | 58 ± 9.9 | 53.8 ± 11.7 |
Wilcke MK | 2011 | Sweden | V | EF (B) | 63 | 33 | 30 | 30/25 | 33/23 | 55 (20–69) | 56 (21-69) |
