Table 1. A comparison of CTS patients’ responses in the control and case groups in terms of distribution of clinical symptoms before and after treatment.

Variables	P value (Before and after treatment)
	Case group	Control group
Nocturnal pain	0.040*	0.544
Nocturnal awakening frequency due to pain	0.027*	0.579
Daily pain	0.027*	0.865
Daily pain frequency	0.035*	0.725
Daily pain persistence	0.023*	0.185
Hand numbness	0.045*	0.936
Hand weakness	0.029*	0.675
Hand tingling	0.030*	0.865
Severity of nocturnal numbness and tingling	0.030*	0.253
Nocturnal awakening frequency owing to hand numbness and tingling	0.040*	0.166
Problem with handling objects	0.035*	0.558
Problem with writing	0.080	0.506
Problem with buttoning	0.287	0.344
Problem with holding book	0.306	0.075
Problem with holding phone	0.502	0.018*
Problem with opening bottle	0.223	0.029*
Problem with daily household chores	0.506	0.776
Problem with holding bag	0.306	0.258
Problem with bathing and dressing	0.333	0.644
* p<0.05