Table 2. Displacement and distance between median nerve an flexor tendons.

		Total Displacement Nerve Mean (SD)	Total DisplacementTendon Mean (SD)	Distance between Nerve and Tendon in Extension Mean (SD)	Distance between Nerve and Tendon in Flexion Mean (SD)
Fist Motion	Control	1.93 (1.48)	1.90 (1.54)	4.34 (1.45)	4.29 (1.58)
	Patient	2.20 (1.80)	2.79 (1.90)*	4.25 (1.15)	4.99 (1.91)*
Middle Finger Motion	Control	2.00 (1.40)	1.29 (0.95)	4.18 (1.45)	3.75 (1.22)
	Patient	2.15 (1.34)	1.61 (1.04)*	4.11 (1.08)	3.66 (0.89)
Index Finger Motion	Control	1.37 (1.02)	2.08 (1.50)	4.38 (1.33)	4.46 (1.33)
	Patient	1.54 (1.09)	1.72 (1.15)	5.33 (1.13)*	5.56 (1.33)*
Thumb Motion	Control	0.59 (0.63)*	0.90 (0.80)	6.58 (2.29)	6.46 (2.30)
	Patient	0.81 (0.61)	0.92 (0.49)	7.82 (1.91)*	7.69 (2.05)*

Total displacement (mm) of the median nerve and the different tendons, and distance between median nerve and tendon during finger motion. For fist and middle finger motion the FDS III tendon was measured, for index finger motion the FDS II tendon and for thumb motion the FPL tendon.

^*p<0.05 between controls and patients.