Acute Effect of Topical Menthol on Chronic Pain in Slaughterhouse Workers with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Triple-Blind, Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the participants. Values are means (SD).

Demographics
Height, cm	173 (7)
Weight, kg	80 (21)
Body mass index, kg m^−2	26 (5)
Age, year	45 (7)
Number of men/women	8/2
Clinical
Elbow/forearm pain intensity during the last week (scale 0–10)	6.3 (2.3)
Hand/wrist pain intensity during the last week (scale 0–10)	5.7 (2.8)
Arm/hand pain intensity during the last hour of work (scale 0–10)	4.3 (1.8)
Days with pain during the last week	5.8 (1.9)