Figure 3.
Psychophysical responses to deep compression at the TP and control point. The participants provided subjective ratings after deep compression at the TP and control point. Pain was not significantly different between the TP and control point (p = 0.51). Subjective relief was higher at the TP compared with the control point (t = 2.01, p = 0.05, 95% CI: 0 to 1.1). Pleasantness ratings were higher for the TP compared with the control point, although the effect size was small and the difference was not statistically significant (d = 0.239, t = 1.65, p = 0.1, 95% CI: −0.08 to 0.78). Unpleasantness ratings were significantly lower for the TP compared with the control point (t = −2, p = 0.01, 95% CI: −1.41 to −0.2). Boxplots show the median and interquartile range. All p-values were acquired via paired t-tests. * p < 0.05.