A randomized single blind crossover trial comparing leather and commercial wrist splints for treating chronic wrist pain in adults

Table 2 AUSCAN, COPM and grip strength measures at baseline, and after each splint phase, with P values.

	Outcome measure	Baseline	Fabric splint (FS)	P	Leather splint (LS)	P
AUSCAN	Pain	26 (11.5)	21 (11.55)	0.014	16.9 (9.44)	0.001
	Stiffness	4.6 (2.7)	3.3 (2.4)	0.53	3 (2.3)	0.02
	Function	54.4 (19.5)	43.1 (18.55)	0.014	39.4 (16.5)	<0.001
COPM	Performance	3.9 (1.0)	5.6 (1.9)	<0.001	6.4 (1.4)	<0.001
	Satisfaction	3.8 (1.2)	5.8 (1.9)	<0.001	6.4 (1.5)	<0.001
	Grip strength kg	17.1 (11.9)	20.6 (12.9)	<0.001	21.8 (12.8)	<0.001

Data reported as mean (standard deviation). P values reflect significance of the difference between splint and baseline using paired t-tests (2-tailed). AUSCAN scored on 10 cm VAS. COPM reported as average score of tasks selected using a 10 cm VAS.

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