A Longitudinal fMRI Research on Neural Plasticity and Sensory Outcome of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Table 1

Demography of subjects and clinical assessments.

(a)

Carpal tunnel syndrome; (, 15 female)
Ages (years)	45.2 ± 3.3
Interval before scan (months)	5.0 ± 2.8
Boston Questionnaire (symptom)	2.29 ± 0.46
Boston Questionnaire (daily life)	2.01 ± 0.63

(b)

Nerve conduction study	Presurgery	Postsurgery	value
Median nerve sensory velocity (m/s)	Left: 35.03 ± 7.13	Left: 50.43 ± 8.97
	Right: 38.75 ± 7.71	Right: 52.35 ± 8.23
Median nerve sensory latency (m/s)	Left: 8.35 ± 1.65	Left: 4.93 ± 2.05
	Right: 7.8 ± 1.87	Right: 4.55 ± 1.94
Sensory threshold (g)	Left: 0.37 ± 0.24	Left: 0.06 ± 0.08
	Right: 0.37 ± 0.23	Right: 0.04 ± 0.02

Data is shown as mean ± SD; interval before scan means the time period between determined diagnosis and fMRI scan.