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. 2023 Mar 21;15(3):e36473. doi: 10.7759/cureus.36473

Table 3. Intergroup and intragroup comparison of Cervical range of motion.

DN: Dry needling, TENS: Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation SD: standard deviation. P<0.005 is considered significant.

Cervical Range of Motion DN TENS unpaired t-test
Mean SD Mean SD t-value p-value
Cervical flexion day 0 58.80 3.32 57.60 4.36 1.095 0.279
Cervical flexion day 14 80.00 .00 77.60 4.36 2.753 0.008
Cervical flexion day 28 80.00 .00 79.20 2.77 1.445 0.115
Cervical extension day 0 50.00 .00 50.00 .00 0 1.000
Cervical extension day 14 50.00 .00 50.00 .00 0 1.000
Cervical extension day 28 50.00 .00 50.00 .00 0 1.000
Painful side cervical rotation day 0 63.00 4.33 63.40 4.27 -0.329 0.743
Painful side cervical rotation day 14 72.20 2.53 71.20 2.18 1.496 0.141
Painful side cervical rotation day 28 72.20 2.53 77.40 2.55 -7.234 <0.001
Non-Painful side cervical rotation day 0 54.60 4.77 56.60 5.35 -1.396 0.169
Non-Painful side cervical rotation day 14 72.20 3.25 71.60 2.38 0.744 0.460
Non-Painful side cervical rotation day 28 76.80 4.05 78.00 2.50 -1.260 0.214
Painful side cervical lateral flexion day 0 34.40 4.86 34.80 5.10 -0.284 0.778
Painful side cervical lateral flexion day 14 45.00 .00 45.00 .00 NA NA
Painful side cervical lateral flexion day 28 45.00 .00 45.00 .00 NA NA
Non-Painful side cervical lateral flexion day 0 31.40 3.96 30.00 5.00 1.098 0.278
Non-Painful side cervical lateral flexion day 14 45.00 .00 45.00 .00 NA NA
Non-Painful side cervical lateral flexion day 28 45.00 .00 45.00 .00 NA NA