Research Article
Evaluating Hand Function in Clients with Trigger Finger
Table 3
Mean difference in in FDT, PPT, and JD among TF and control groups.
| | | TF group
mean (SD) | Control group
mean (SD) | | | Effect size | 95% CI of the difference |
| | FDT DH () | 36.5 (28.3) | 27.7 (8.5) | 2.0(108) | 0.05 | 0.421 | 16.1–1.4 | | FDT NDH () | 38.8 (15.8) | 29.2 (7.7) | 2.6(83) | 0.017 | 0.772 | 17.5–1.9 | | PPT DH () | 11.9 (2.5) | 13.5 (2.5) | 3.3(108) | 0.001 | 0.639 | 0.6–2.5 | | PPT NDH () | 10.6 (1.9) | 13.0 (2.4) | 4.1(83) | 0.001 | 1.108 | 1.3–3.6 | | PPT BH () | 9.3 (2) | 10.5 (2.1) | 3.3(127) | 0.002 | 0.585 | 0.5–1.9 | | PPT assembly () | 24 (5.9) | 27.5 (8.23) | 2.8(126) | 0.006 | 0.489 | 1.1–6.01 | | JD DH () | 19.2 (8.8) | 28.5 (10.2) | 4.9(108) | 0.001 | 0.976 | 5.6–13.1 | | JD NDH () | 11.1 (8.5) | 26.4 (10.1) | 6.1(83) | 0.001 | 1.639 | 10.3–20.4 |
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TF = trigger finger; FDT = Functional Dexterity Test; PPT = Purdue Pegboard Test; JD = Jamar Hydraulic Hand Dynamometer; DH = dominant hand; NDH = nondominant Hand; BH = both hands.
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