Table 4. Outcome measures and significance of electrophysical modalities versus splinting.
| Author | INT | VAS | SS | FS | ML | SL | MNCV | SNCV | SNAP (A) | CMAP (A) | Grip strength | Pinch strength |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dincer et al. | LLLT + SP vs SP | + - | + - | + - | + - | + - | ||||||
| Koca et al. | TENS vs IFC vs SP | + - * | + | + | + | + - * | ||||||
| Chen et al. | PRF + SP vs SP | + - | + - | + - | + | + | ||||||
| Raeissadat et al. | PPNL+ SP vs SP | + | + ° | + ° | + ° | + | + ° | + ° | ||||
| Raissi et al. | ESWT + SP vs SP | + | + ° | + | + - | |||||||
| Yagci et al. | LLLT + SP vs SP | + | + | + | + | + |
Abbreviations: INT: Intervention; VAS: Visual analog scale; SS: Symptom severity; FS: Functional status; ML: motor latency; SL: Sensory latency; MNCV: Motor nerve conduction velocity; SNCV: Sensory nerve conduction velocity; SNAP (A): Sensory nerve action potential amplitude; CMAP (A): Compound muscle action potential amplitude. SP: Splint. Annotation symbols: +, Measured; -, Statistically significant; *, Evidence favours this intervention; °, Not included in the meta-analysis.