Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 3 Comparison between pre- and post-treatment assessment of group 1 as regards VAS pain score, hand grip strength, flexion range, thickness of the A1 pulley, and synovial sheath thickness

From: Extra-corporeal shock wave therapy versus local corticosteroid injection in treatment of chronic trigger finger in diabetic patients

		Shock wave		Differences		Paired test
		Before	After	Mean	SD	t	P-value
VAS	Range	2–6	1–3	2.040	0.978	10.428	< 0.001**
VAS	Mean ± SD	4.000 ± 1.443	1.960 ± 0.841	2.040	0.978	10.428	< 0.001**
Hand grip strength	Range	6–30	15–50	− 14.800	5.354	− 13.821	< 0.001**
Hand grip strength	Mean ± SD	17.400 ± 7.751	32.200 ± 11.456	− 14.800	5.354	− 13.821	< 0.001**
Finger flexion	Range	0–70	15–90	− 22.800	7.083	− 16.095	< 0.001**
Finger flexion	Mean ± SD	37.800 ± 19.044	60.600 ± 20.783	− 22.800	7.083	− 16.095	< 0.001**
Thickness of A1 pulley	Range	0.6–1.4	0.4–1	0.296	0.102	14.513	< 0.001**
Thickness of A1 pulley	Mean ± SD	0.908 ± 0.250	0.612 ± 0.190	0.296	0.102	14.513	< 0.001**
Synovial sheath Thickness	Range	0.7–3.1	0.4–2.3	0.556	0.434	6.405	< 0.001**
Synovial sheath Thickness	Mean ± SD	1.664 ± 0.825	1.108 ± 0.590	0.556	0.434	6.405	< 0.001**

N, number; %, percentage; SD, standard deviation; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale. P > 0.05 NS; *P ≤ 0.05 S, **P ≤ 0.001 HS, paired T test

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