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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants in the CTS and control groups

From: Assessment of grip-motion characteristics in carpal tunnel syndrome patients using a novel finger grip dynamometer system

 

Control group (N = 52)

CTS group (N = 51)

Pre-operation = 40

Post-operation = 11

p value

Sex

  

0.288*

 Male

19

13

 Female

33

38

Age

70 (58–79)

73 (61–78.3)

0.35**

Bland classification

 

Grade 0, 1

Grade 1, 7

Grade 2, 3

Grade 3, 17

Grade 4, 0

Grade 5, 14

Grade 6, 9

 

CTSI-SS

22 (16–25)

CTSI-FS

37.0 (27.5–37.5)

DASH

37.1 (22.0–41.2)

  1. Data are presented as median (IQR). Statistical significance was determined by the Fisher exact test and Mann-Whitney U test.
  2. IQR interquartile range, CTS carpal tunnel syndrome,
  3. CTSI-SS Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand version of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Instrument Symptom Severity Scale, CTSI-FS Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand version of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Instrument Functional Condition Scale, DASH Disabilities of the Arm Shoulder and Hand, BMI body mass index
  4. *Fisher’s exact test
  5. **Mann-Whitney U tests