Effects of Exercise and Enzyme Therapy in Early Occupational Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Preliminary Study

Table 5

Assessment of the development in motor conduction of the median nerve.

motor lesions in the group (N)	NCS	Mean DML (ms) ± SD	95% confidence interval for the mean		significance of the change
			lower limit	upper limit
Exercise; N=5	initial	4.24±0.09	4.13	4.35
	final	4.14±0.07	4.06	4.22
enzyme therapy; N=17	initial	4.44±0.28	4.3	4.58	p=0.008
	final	4.10±0.41	3.88	4.33
controls; N=6	initial	4.45±0.21	4.23	4.67
	final	4.22±0.28	3.92	4.51

NCS: nerve conduction study, DML: distal motor latency, SD: standard deviation.