Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Average parameters before and after treatment (SD in brackets) with their variation
From: Measuring the placebo effect in carpal tunnel syndrome
Pretreatment | Posttreatment | Difference | p-Value | t-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VAS | 4.06 (3.42) | 3.25 (3.18) | −0.8 (3.08) | 0.1554 | 1.4572 |
FSS | 2.24 (0.66) | 1.96 (0.77) | −0.27 (0.87) | 0.08656 | 1.772 |
SSS | 2.57 (0.74) | 2.11 (0.81) | −0.45 (0.78) | 0.002809* | 3.255 |
Levine questionnaire | 2.409 | 2.04 | −0.368 | 0.01251* | 2.657 |
Sensitive speed | 40.53 (7.05) | 42 (8.54) | 2.13 (9.08) | 0.262 | −1.15 |
Sensitive peak amplitude | 8.86 (5.42) | 11.12 (6.13) | 1.198 (5.22) | 0.2625 | −1.1476 |
Motor latency | 3.87 (0.91) | 3.71 (0.7) | −0.057 (0.41) | 0.5345 | 0.632 |