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Sensory findings at homonymously innervated territories at baseline and at follow-up. Analysis by Wilcoxon signed-rank test of the relation between sensibility (algesia and vibratory threshold) at the two occasions (for subjects examined twice) |
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| Intervention subjects. N = 69 |
Control subjects. N = 28 |
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| Innervation territory |
Number of abnormalities at baseline |
Number of abnormalities at follow-up |
P |
Number of abnormalities at baseline |
Number of abnormalities at follow-up |
P |
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| Slight |
Severe |
Slight |
Severe |
Slight |
Severe |
Slight |
Severe |
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| Algesia |
Axillary |
19 |
0 |
18 |
1 |
0.97 |
5 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0.53 |
| Musculocutaneous |
15 |
1 |
13 |
1 |
0.65 |
5 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0.30 |
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| Median |
13 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
1.00 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0.41 |
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| Radial |
13 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0.17 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0.71 |
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| Ulnar |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1.00 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.32 |
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| Vibration |
Median |
42 |
1 |
30 |
1 |
0.30 |
11 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
0.10 |
| Radial |
46 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
0.005 |
20 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0.17 |
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| Ulnar |
16 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0.07 |
12 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
1.00 |
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Jepsen and Thomsen Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2008 3:1 doi:10.1186/1745-6673-3-1 |
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