Table 2.
Clinical outcomes | Patient 1 | Patient 2 | Patient 3 | Patient 4 | Patient 5 | Patient 6 | Overall | p | |||||||
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Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | ||
MRC | |||||||||||||||
Deltoid | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.33 ± 0.51 | 1.33 ± 0.81 | .063 |
Biceps brachii | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0.50 ± 0.54 | 2.33 ± 0.81 | .026* |
Triceps brachii | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.16 ± 0.40 | 1.16 ± 1.50 | .066 |
Flexor carpi radialis | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.16 ± 0.40 | 1.16 ± 0.40 | .034* |
Flexor carpi ulnaris | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.66 ± 0.81 | .102 |
Extensor carpii radialis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.33 ± 0.51 | .157 |
Extensor carpi ulnaris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.16 ± 0.40 | .317 |
Flexor digitorum | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.16 ± 0.40 | 0.83 ± 0.40 | .046* |
Extensor digitorum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.16 ± 0.40 | 0.33 ± 0.51 | .317 |
Dynamometer | |||||||||||||||
Deltoid | 0 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 1.16 ± 2.85 | 8.60 ± 7.37 | .068 |
Biceps brachii | 0 | 31 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 16 | 6.26 ± 7.48 | 20.21 ± 8.49 | .028* |
Triceps brachii | 0 | 26 | 12 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 7 | 3.33 ± 8.16 | 17.26 ± 17.0 | .068 |
Flexor carpi radialis | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 6.88 ± 5.97 | .068 |
Flexor carpi ulnaris | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 3.26 ± 5.71 | .180 |
Extensor carpi radialis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.66 ± 1.63 | .317 |
Extensor carpi ulnaris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.66 ± 1.63 | .317 |
Flexor digitorum | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.83 ± 2.04 | 2.26 ± 2.53 | .180 |
Extensor digitorum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.66 ± 1.63 | 0.66 ± 1.63 | 1.000 |
Data are reported as mean and standard deviation (m ± SD)
MRC Medical Research Council, *p < 0.05; Wilcoxon test