Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants with de Quervain's tenosynovitis

mean age (SD)

52.3 (12.6)

51.2 (20.2)

sex (female/male)*

10/12

3/9

median (min, max) duration of symptoms (weeks)

8 (2, 50)

5 (3, 24)

affected side (right/left)

8/3

4/5

dexterity (right/left)

11/0

7/2

Median (min, max) Dutch AIMS-HFF score

2.6 (1.0, 3.6)

2.4 (1.0, 4.5)

Median (min, max) severity of pain

7 (4, 10)

7 (2, 8)