Comparison of Two Manual Therapy Programs, including Tendon Gliding Exercises as a Common Adjunct, While Managing the Participants with Chronic Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Table 3

Between-group comparison for the scores of the outcome measures using unpaired t-test.

Outcomes	NT group vs. CBMT group (n = 15/group)
	Baseline			Week 3 postintervention			Week 4 (follow-up)
	∆MD±∆SD	t-value	value	∆MD±∆SD	t-value	value	∆MD±∆SD	t-value	value
VAS	0.10 ± 0.18	0.16	0.87	−0.17 ± 0.14	0.87	0.389	−0.28 ± −0.09	1.41	0.16
BCTQ	−0.02 ± −0.15	0.37	0.70	−0.56 ± −0.4	3.63	0.001	−0.58 ± −0.41	3.80	0.001
GS	−0.34 ± 0.82	0.54	0.58	−0.02 ± 1.21	0.02	0.98	0.22 ± 1.28	0.21	0.82
NCSa	0.03 ± 0.06	0.26	0.79	−0.39 ± −0.01	2.45	0.02	−0.49 ± −0.05	2.86	0.008
NCSb	−0.04 ± −0.02	0.25	0.79	−0.53 ± −0.15	3.94	0.001	−0.50 ± −0.17	3.90	0.001

t-value: t-test statistics; value: level of significance; Significant value if ; ∆MD: mean differences; ∆SD: standard deviation difference; VAS: visual analogue scale; BCTQ: Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire; GS: grip strength; NCSa: nerve conduction study for median nerve; NCSb: nerve conduction study difference between median and ulnar nerve.