Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 5 Comparison between pre- and post-treatment assessment of group 2 as regards VAS score, hand grip strength, flexion range, thickness of 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

		Injection		Differences		Paired test
		Before	After	Mean	SD	t	P-value
VAS	Range	2–7	1–4	1.600	0.866	9.238	< 0.001**
VAS	Mean ± SD	4.240 ± 1.535	2.640 ± 0.995	1.600	0.866	9.238	< 0.001**
Hand grip strength	Range	6–22	12–40	-6.400	4.243	-7.542	< 0.001**
Hand grip strength	Mean ± SD	14.080 ± 4.941	20.480 ± 7.725	-6.400	4.243	-7.542	< 0.001**
Finger flexion	Range	0–75	10–80	-9.720	4.560	-10.658	< 0.001**
Finger flexion	Mean ± SD	41.080 ± 21.362	50.800 ± 20.599	-9.720	4.560	-10.658	< 0.001**
Size of pulley	Range	0.7–1.6	0.5–1.3	0.224	0.060	18.754	< 0.001**
Size of pulley	Mean ± SD	1.052 ± 0.271	0.828 ± 0.265	0.224	0.060	18.754	< 0.001**
Synovial sheath thickness	Range	0.6–2.9	0.5–2.6	0.280	0.212	6.600	< 0.001**
Synovial sheath thickness	Mean ± SD	1.596 ± 0.696	1.316 ± 0.666	0.280	0.212	6.600	< 0.001**

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

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