Table 5: Subjective outcomes related to arm dominance and gender a mean 19 years after isolated Colton type I, type II oblique or transverse or type II comminuted fractures of olecranon. Data are provided as numbers and proportions (%).

- Arm Dominance Gender
- Fracture in Dominant Arm (n=37) Fracture in Non-dominant Arm (n=39) p-value Fracture in Men
(n=40)
Fracture in Women
(n=55)
p-value
Elbow pain at rest - - - - - -
Yes 2 (5%) 2 (5%) 0.96 3 (8%) 1 (2%) 0.17
No 35 (95%) 37 (95%) 37 (92%) 54 (98%)
Elbow pain at load - - - - - -
Yes 5 (14%) 5 (13%) 0.96 5 (12%) 5 (9%) 0.61
No 32 (86%) 33 (87%) 35 (88%) 49 (91%)
Elbow instability - - - - - -
Yes 1 (3%) 0 0.31 0 1 (2%) 0..40
No 36 (97%) 38 (100%) 39 (100%) 54 (98%)
Elbow weakness - - - - - -
Yes 5 (14%) 3 (8%) 0.41 5 (12%) 3 (5%) 0.22
No 32 (86%) 36 (92%) 35 (88%) 52 (95%)
Status compared to uninjured elbow - - - - - -
No difference 28 (76%) 34 (87%) 0.43 32 (80%) 49 (89%) 0.43
Slightly inferior 7 (19%) 4 (10%) 6 (15%) 5 (9%)
Markedly inferior 2 (5%) 1 (3%) 2 (5%) 1 (2%)