Table 2 Values of the AI, extensor lag, and single-digit-force for healthy individuals and for patients between the two measurements.

From: A Novel Adhesion Index for Verifying the Extent of Adhesion for the Extensor Digitorum Communis in Patients with Metacarpal Fractures

 

Healthy individuals N = 39

Patients N = 8

P †

First measurement

Second measurement

AI (%)

19.6 ± 10.3

69.54 ± 12.06

55.41 ± 20.38

0.017*

Extensor lag (°)

—

18.13 ± 10.33

8.75 ± 8.35

0.011*

Single-digit-force (%)

—

0.59 ± 0.24

0.73 ± 0.32

0.025*

  1. †Comparison between first and second measurement using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test.
  2. *P < 0.05. Data are mean ± SD values.
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