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Table 1 Statistical summary of data

From: Biomechanical effects of steroid injections used to treat pyogenic flexor tenosynovitis

  

Load at Max Load (N)

Stiffness (N/mm)

Stress at Max Load (Mpa)

Elastic Modulus (Mpa)

Area (mm2)

 

Mean

313

118

117

876

2.7

Standard treatment

Standard Deviation

46

30

16

225

0.3

 

95% Confidence Interval

(286–339)

(100–136)

(107–126)

(740–1012)

(2.6-2.9)

  

Load at Max Load (N)

Stiffness (N/mm)

Stress at Max Load (Mpa)

Elastic Modulus (Mpa)

Area (mm 2 )

 

Mean

267

110

106

890

2.5

Steroid treated

Standard Deviation

66

30

20

309

0.2

 

95% Confidence Interval

(212–322)

(85–136)

(89–122)

(623–1149)

(2.4-2.7)

  1. Table presenting statistical data from each group tested. Standard treatment = systemic antibiotics and surgical drainage without adjunct corticosteroids. Steroid treated = local antibiotics and local corticosteroid injection without surgical drainage.