Table 6.

Ultrasound measurements comparison between different regions/levels of the brachial and the antebrachial fascia. Statistically significant results are showed in bold. *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01; ****: p < 0.0001. Ns: not statistically significant.

Type of Comparison	Mean Diff.	95.00% CI of Diff.	Significant?	Summary	Adjusted p Value
Ant 1 arm vs. Ant 1 forearm	−0.12	−0.213 to −0.027	Yes	**	0.0025
Ant 1 arm vs. Ant 2 forearm	−0.05	−0.140 to 0.045	No	ns	0.7776
Ant 1 arm vs. Post 1 forearm	−0.11	−0.197 to −0.011	Yes	*	0.0157
Ant 1 arm vs. Post 2 forearm	−0.11	−0.202 to −0.016	Yes	**	0.0092
Ant 2 arm vs. Ant 1 forearm	−0.11	−0.201 to −0.015	Yes	**	0.0098
Ant 2 arm vs. Ant 2 forearm	−0.04	−0.129 to 0.056	No	ns	0.9373
Ant 2 arm vs. Post 1 forearm	−0.09	−0.186 to −1.345	Yes	*	0.0499
Ant 2 arm vs. Post 2 forearm	−0.10	−0.191 to −0.005	Yes	*	0.0312
Post 1 arm vs. Ant 1 forearm	0.08	−0.012 to 0.174	No	ns	0.1444
Post 1 arm vs. Ant 2 forearm	0.15	0.060 to 0.246	Yes	****	<0.0001
Post 1 arm vs. Post 1 forearm	0.10	0.003 to 0.20	Yes	*	0.0367
Post 1 arm vs. Post 2 forearm	0.09	−0.001 to 0.184	No	ns	0.0581
Post 2 arm vs. Ant 1 forearm	0.09	1.345 to 0.20	Yes	*	0.0499
Post 2 arm vs. Ant 2 forearm	0.17	0.072 to 0.260	Yes	****	<0.0001
Post 2 arm vs. Post1 forearm	0.11	0.020 to 0.205	Yes	**	0.0098
Post 2 arm vs. Post 2 forearm	0.10	0.011 to 0.20	Yes	*	0.0168