Table 1.

General data (counting data) of two groups of patients.

Factor	The restricted hand function group (n = 22) (%)	The open hand function group (n = 21) (%)	x 2	p
Gender			2.87	0.091
Male	59.09 (n = 13)	33.33 (n = 7)
Female	40.90 (n = 9)	66.67 (n = 14)
Usage of brace			12.44	0.0004
Used braces	72.73 (n = 16)	19.05 (n = 4)
Not used braces	27.27 (n = 6)	80.95 (n = 17)