Table 2.
Demopraghic and clinical characteristics of included patients, and EUS diagnosis of the upper limbs district.
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| EUS pos | EUS neg | p | EUS pos | EUS neg | p | ||
| Number | 78/97 (80.4%) | 19/97 (19.5%) | 31/38 (81.5%) | 7/38 (18.4%) | |||
| Age (range) | 55.4 ± 12.8 | 56.6 ± 13.3 | 0.3 | 43.1 ± 11.6 | 43.7 ± 9.7 | 0.4 | |
| Symptoms duration | 2.5 ± 1.2 | 2.5 ± 1.1 | 0.4 | 2.4 ± 1 | 3 ± 1.2 | 0.07 | |
| VAS at rest | 1.7 ± 1 | 1.6 ± 1.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 ± 1.1 | 1.4 ± 1.1 | 0.1 | |
| VAS during activities | 2.6 ± 0.7 | 2.5 ± 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.9 ± 1.1 | 2.7 ± 1.1 | 0.3 | |
| EUS diagnoses | |||||||
| - Post-trauma | 69/78 (88.4%) | ||||||
| - Biceps tendon | 9/78 (11.5%) | ||||||
| - Peritendinopathy | 26/31 (83.8%) | ||||||
| - Enthesis | 4/31 (12.9%) | ||||||
| - Post-surgery | 1/31 (3.2%) | ||||||