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. 2023 May 25;11(11):1555. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11111555

Table 3.

Means of numeric pain rating scale (NPRS) and Borg rate of perceived exertion (RPE) scores.

	Brace		No Brace		Between-Condition Cohen’s d
	Mean ± SE	95% CI	Mean ± SE	95% CI	Between-Condition Cohen’s d
Mean NPRS scores
Pre-trial	0.30 ± 0.15 *	0.003, 0.60	0.23 ± 0.11 *	0.0004, 0.47	0.06
Post-trial	1.07 ± 0.29 *	0.48, 1.65	1.03 ± 0.26 *	0.51, 1.56	0.06
Mean RPE scores
Pre-trial	0.67 ± 0.20 *	0.26, 1.07	0.47 ± 0.16 *	0.13, 0.80	0.16
Post-trial	2.50 ± 0.40 *	1.69, 3.31	2.90 ± 0.40 *	2.09, 3.71

* Significant within-group difference (p < 0.05); CI = confidence interval; SE = standard error.