Table 2.

Intention-to-treat analysis for primary and secondary outcomes (mean and standard deviation)

		Splint group	No splint group	Adjusted Difference 95% C.I.	p-value
3-month	DASH (0-100)	9.6 (12.8)	10.8 (12.5)	-1.48	0.403
		n = 76	n = 76	(-5.02 to 2.06)
	LogDASH	1.74 (1.17)	1.87 (1.18)	-0.16	0.372
		n = 76	n = 76	(-0.50 to 0.19)
	TAF (degrees)	213.0 (26.5)	217.6 (22.5)	-3.49	0.326
		n = 75	n = 76	(10.57 to -3.59)
	TAE (degrees)	-32.9 (19.6)	-30.9 (20.7)	3.30	0.209
		n = 75	n = 76	(1.93 to -8.53)
6-month	DASH	7.9 (11.4)	7.1 (10.7)	0.20	0.890
		n = 75	n = 76	(-2.72 to 3.12)
	LogDASH	1.47 (1.21)	1.38 (1.21)	0.07	0.704
		n = 75	n = 76	(-0.29 to 0.43)
	TAF	220.6 (25.2)	225.8 (21.6)	-4.16	0.199
		n = 74	n = 76	(-10.6 to 2.29)
	TAE	-31.0 (23.3)	-28.4 (21.1)	4.52	0.142
		n = 74	n = 76	(-1.61 to 10.65)
	Patient Satisfaction (0-10)	8.7 (1.89)	9.0 (1.23)	-0.28	0.286
		n = 75	n = 76	(-0.81 to 0.24)
12-month	DASH	7.0 (14.6)	6.0 (9.2)	0.66	0.703
		n = 71	n = 75	(-2.79 to 4.11)
	LogDASH	1.24 (1.21)	1.23 (1.20)	-0.02	0.914
		n = 71	n = 75	(-0.38 to 0.34)
	TAF	223.8 (25.7)	227.3 (19.5)	-2.02	0.493
		n = 72	n = 75	(-7.89 to 3.85)
	TAE	-32.9 (27.4)	-29.6 (23.3)	5.11	0.172
		n = 72	n = 75	(-2.33 to 12.55)
	Patient Satisfaction	8.5 (2.33)	8.9 (1.79)	-0.35	0.315
		n = 73	n = 75	(-1.04 to 0.34)