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Table 4 Sensory findings at homonymously innervated territories at baseline and at follow-up. Analysis by Wilcoxon signed-rank test of the relation between sensibility (algesia and vibratory threshold) at the two occasions (for subjects examined twice)

From: Prevention of upper limb symptoms and signs of nerve afflictions in computer operators: The effect of intervention by stretching

 

Intervention subjects. N = 69

 

Control subjects. N = 28

 

Innervation territory

 

Number of abnormalities at baseline

Number of abnormalities at follow-up

P

Number of abnormalities at baseline

Number of abnormalities at follow-up

P

  

Slight

Severe

Slight

Severe

 

Slight

Severe

Slight

Severe

 

Algesia

Axillary

19

0

18

1

0.97

5

0

7

0

0.53

 

Musculocutaneous

15

1

13

1

0.65

5

0

6

0

0.30

 

Median

13

0

13

0

1.00

2

0

4

0

0.41

 

Radial

13

0

8

0

0.17

5

0

4

0

0.71

 

Ulnar

1

0

1

0

1.00

1

0

0

0

0.32

Vibration

Median

42

1

30

1

0.30

11

0

11

0

0.10

 

Radial

46

0

27

0

0.005

20

0

10

0

0.17

 

Ulnar

16

0

7

0

0.07

12

0

9

0

1.00