Table Info

Table 1.

Pre-intervention and post-intervention measurements

Measure		Pre-intervention	Post-intervention
Pain (VAS)	Right hand	6.5/10	0/10
	Right forearm	3/10	0/10
	Neck	5/10	0/10
2-PDT (cm)	Right	4	1.5
2-PDT (cm)	Left	2	1.5
TS (VAS)	Right LE	1.3/10	0/10
TS (VAS)	Right thumb	0/10	0/10
Strength (kg)	Right	12	29.5
Strength (kg)	Left	19	31.5
Neck disability (NDI)		13/55	7/55
Upper limb disability (DASH)		38/55	22/55
Quality of life (SF-36)		7/20	4/20
Pain catastrophizing (PCS)		12/52	4/52
Kinesiophobia (TSK-11)		20/44	13/44

VAS: Visual Analogue Scale; 2-PDT: two-point discrimination test; TS: temporal summation; LE: lateral epicondyle; NDI: Neck Disability Index; DASH: Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand; PCS: Pain Catastrophizing Scale; TSK-11: 11-item Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia

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FBBF, CFÁ, CVQ, and FCM: Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. MGA: Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Project administration, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing.

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