The effect of radial shockwave on the median nerve pathway in patients with mild-to-moderate carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomized clinical trial

Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of three groups

	Point SW	Sweep SW	Control	p value
Age (years) (mean ± SD)	45.40 ± 11.49	50.55 ± 11.99	51 ± 7.77	0.18
Body mass index (mean ± SD)	27.66 ± 3.64	27.36 ± 3.33	28.58 ± 3.84	0.85
Gender, n (%)
Male	2 (10%)	2 (10%)	5 (25%)	0.3
Female	18 (90%)	18 (90%)	15 (75%)
Symptom duration, n (%)
< 1 year	7 (35%)	8 (40%)	8 (40%)
1–5 years	7 (35%)	9 (45%)	7 (35%)	0.83
> 5 years	6 (30%)	3 (15%)	5 (25%)
Pain (VAS) (mean ± SD)	45.50 ± 12.34	39.50 ± 17.00	48.00 ± 10.05	0.13
Paresthesia (VAS) (mean ± SD)	52.0 ± 14.36	42.0 ± 16.73	46.00 ± 13.13	0.10
BQ (SSS) (mean±SD)	23.65 ± 5.06	21.01 ± 4.84	22.44 ± 3.96	0.23
BQ (FSS) (mean ± SD)	14.88 ± 3.84	12.40 ± 3.76	13.04 ± 2.80	0.088
SDL (mean ± SD)	4.34 ± 0.98	4.12 ± 0.97	4.40 ± 0.82	0.60
MDL (mean±SD)	4.68 ± 1.09	4.22 ± 0.97	4.50 ± 0.88	0.33

SW, shock wave; VAS, visual analog scale; BQ, Boston questionnaire; SSS, symptom severity score; FSS, functional status score; SDL, sensory distal latency; MDL, motor distal latency

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