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Table 3 Long-term results of TCA-responders (n = 12) after 1-2 TCA-injections during follow-up of 12 months

From: Randomised controlled trial of local corticosteroid injections for de Quervain's tenosynovitis in general practice

Follow-up period

 

1 month

3 months

6 months

12 months

p-value*

Original study arm

TCA

(N = 7)

NaCl

(N = 5)

TCA

(N = 7)

NaCl

(N = 5)

TCA

(N = 7)

NaCl

(N = 5)

TCA

(N = 7)

NaCl

(N = 5)

 

mean severity of pain (SD)

1.33 (2.05)

1.20 (1.65)

1.25 (1.88)

1.98 (1.82)

2.55 (2.98)

1.32 (1.41)

2.47 (2.93)

1.41 (1.31)

0.67

mean score Dutch AIMS-2-HFF (SD)

1.20 (0.25)

1.30 (0.45)

1.24 (0.29)

1.47 (0.34)

1.59 (1.16)

1.82 (0.85)

1.50 (0.99)

2.44 (1.27)

0.36

mean perceived improvement (SD)

1.44 (0.95)

1.38 (0.90)

1.84 (0.37)

1.25 (0.73)

1.43 (0.73)

1.01 (1.04)

1.60 (0.73)

1.03 (1.01)

0.02

  1. *Friedman test
  2. SD = standard deviation
  3. TCA = triamcinolonacetonide 10 mg/ml