Table 4: Mean (SD) scores for primary outcome measures changes at 6 weeks, 6 months and 1 year.

Outcome dependent variable
(Score range, clinically important change)
Baseline score, mean (sd)
N = 18
Change at 6 weeks,
mean (sd)
N = 18
Change at 6 months,
mean (sd)
N = 18
Change at 1 year,
mean (sd)
N = 18
t-test P (change at 1yr)
SF-MPQ PRI
(0 to 45, >5)
21.8 (8.1) -9.4 (9.9) -15.6 (10.7) -15.6 (12.2) <0.001
SF-MPQ NRS
(0 to 10, > 3)
6.4 (1.6) -3.0 (2.6) -4.4 (2.8) -4.6 (2.8) <0.001
WHODAS
(0 to 60, > 15)
80 (22.5) -27.3 (28.1) -47.3 (26.7) -47.1 (34.8) <0.001
N = 5 N = 5 N = 5 N = 5
FFI
(0 to 100, >10)
47.6 (12.1) -20.47 (13.0) -29.5 (14.2) -39.9 (21.1) 0.02
N= 13 N= 13 N= 13 N= 13
QuickDASH
(0 to 100, >15)
60.0 (18.5) -31.3 (25.6) -43.4 (21.2) -39.7 (21.0) <0.001