Table 4 Effect of the injection at two and four weeks
Measure | Mean change (change SD) at 2 weeks | Mean change (change SD) at 4 weeks | Gr x time effect (p) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
r-tDCS | s-tDCS | Control | r-tDCS | s-tDCS | Control | ||
WORC | 8.96 (17.61) | 15.66 (17.41) | 28.89 (23.37) | 10.67 (17.51) | 12.81 (16.88) | 26.04 (27.41) | 0.072 |
QuickDASH | −10.13 (22.56) | − 8.28 (12.88) | − 18.05 (16.24) | −8.64 (16.11) | − 7.61 (10.61) | − 14.68 (20.14) | 0.366 |
Pain VASa | −15.23 (12.40) | − 15.33 (20.06) | −28.82 (20.82) | −18.36 (20.13) | − 16.49 (14.83) | −35.81 (21.33) | 0.047 |
Activity VASa | 6.20 (13.91) | 0.87 (18.41) | 13.57 (22.96) | 4.57 (12.53) | 4.67 (22.23) | 11.02 (29.08) | 0.430 |
SANEa | 18.17 (18.21) | 10.79 (15.10) | 25.89 (18.82) | 20.50 (20.20) | 11.53 (12.62) | 29.53 (18.98) | 0.058 |
Strength (kg) | |||||||
 - Jobe | −0.47 (3.52) | −1.42 (3.31) | −0.92 (2.44) | − 0.11 (3.45) | − 1.17 (2.96) | − 0.60 (2.66) | 0.694 |
 - Ext rotation | 0.64 (2.10) | 0.83 (1.45) | 0.49 (1.58) | 1.44 (2.57) | 1.64 (1.16) | 1.24 (2.42) | 0.803 |
 - Int rotation | 0.69 (2.03) | 0.76 (2.01) | 0.44 (2.59) | 1.68 (2.24) | 1.89 (2.05) | 0.64 (3.45) | 0.178 |
ROM (°) | |||||||
 - Abduction | −2.75 (14.55) | 3.00 (16.03) | 6.62 (17.25) | 1.50 (18.94) | 3.67 (13.49) | 7.64 (15.64) | 0.644 |
 - Flexion | 3.83 (18.85) | −0.33 (14.69) | 3.31 (9.47) | 0.75 (8.83) | 0.17 (13.37) | 8.14 (13.25) | 0.626 |
 - Scaption | −2.92 (15.61) | −1.36 (7.23) | 3.31 (9.75) | 2.58 (11.63) | −1.27 (7.27) | 5.36 (13.04) | 0.528 |
Accelerometera | |||||||
 - AT | −0.0653 (0.0382) | − 0.0235 (0.0517) | 0.5339 (0.13) | −0.585 (0.0524) | 0.0063 (0.0362) | 0.0176 (0.1523) | 0.159 |
 - AC | −8.51 (14.81) | −23.81 (36.65) | −3.44 (40.60) | − 8.35 (63.45) | −31.02 (14.37) | −7.65 (25.18) | 0.684 |
 - LIA | 0.0182 (0.0153) | 0.0061 (0.0097) | −0.0149 (0.0289) | 0.0255 (0.0302) | 0.0142 (0.0053) | −0.0024 (0.0193) | 0.338 |
 - MIA | 0.0363 (0.0141) | −0.0128 (0.0322) | 0.0141 (0.1085) | 0.0018 (0.0243) | 0.0423 (0.0605) | 0.0137 (0.0301) | 0.005 |
 - HIA | −0.0488 (0.0188) | 0.0084 (0.0314) | −0.0007 (0.1240) | −0.0245 (0.0474) | − 0.0534 (0.0639) | −0.0100 (0.0387) | 0.019 |