Table 4.
Comparison of quantitative image characteristics between asymptomatic (n = 25) and symptomatic (n = 17) patients based on Table 1
| Ligament | Reader 1 p-value |
Reader 2 p-value |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualitative analyses | rpSTL visibility | 0.205 | 0.851 |
| rpSTL intensity | 0.027 | 0.030 | |
| rpSTL morphology | 0.228 | 0.314 | |
| pSTTC visibility | 0.574 | 0.420 | |
| pSTTC signal intensity | 0.188 | 0.291 | |
| pSTTC morphology | 0.402 | 0.616 | |
| pSCL visibility | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
| pSCL signal intensity | 0.890 | 0.637 | |
| pSCL morphology | 0.029 | 0.274 | |
| dSTTC visibility | 1.000 | 1.000 | |
| dSTTC signal intensity | 0.343 | 0.687 | |
| dSTTC morphology | 0.687 | 0.547 | |
| Degeneration of the STT joint | 0.003 | 0.012 | |
| Quantitative analyses | rpSTL thickness | 0.337 | 0.300 |
| pSTTC thickness | 0.664 | 0.682 | |
| pSCL thickness axial | 0.768 | 0.990 | |
| pSCL thickness coronal | 0.672 | 0.223 | |
| dSTTC thickness | 0.907 | 0.095 |
Abbreviations: rpSTL, radiopalmar scapho-trapezial ligament; pSTTC, palmar scapho-trapezial-trapezoidal capsule; pSCL, palmar scapho-capitate capsular ligament; dSTTC, dorsal scapho-trapezial-trapezoidal capsule; STT, scapho-trapezio-trapezoidal