Table 1: Outline of Cases.
| case | age | sex | nerve | irradiation time | treatment of number of times | MMT*: ECR** |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| before | after | evaluation# | ||||||
| 1 | 73 | M | R-radial | 5 min | 24 times | 1 | 7 | E |
| 2 | 47 | M | L-radial | 5 | 24 | 2 | 8 | E |
| 3 | 70 | M | L-radial | 5 | 24 | 1 | 9 | E |
| 4 | 25 | F | R-radial | 5 | 24 | 1 | 9 | E*** |
| 5 | 26 | M | R-radial | 5 | 24 | 2 | 9 | E |
| 6 | 47 | M | R-radial | 5 | 24 | 1 | 2 | N |
| 7 | 44 | F | R-radial | 5 | 24 | 1 | 4 | F |
| 8 | 6 | M | L-radial | 5 | 24 | 1 | 9 | E *** |
| 9 | 48 | F | L-radial | 5 | 24 | 1 | 9 | E *** |
| 10 | 50 | M | L-radial | 5 | 24 | 1 | 9 | E *** |
| 11 | 48 | F | R-radial | 5 | 24 | 1 | 9 | E |
| 12 | 73 | F | L-radial | 5 | 24 | 1 | 2 | N *** |
| 13 | 46 | M | L-radial | 5 | 24 | 2 | 5 | F *** |
*
MMT (Manual Muscle Testing): Modified from Daniels' method
**
ECR: Extensor Carpi Radialis muscle
***
: Bracing
#
: Evaluation of ECR' muscle power
- Excellent (E) :7–9
- Good (G) :5–6
- Fair (F) :3–4
- No change (N) :1–2
- Worse/Side effect: --