Table 1.
General characteristics of the participants measured at baseline.
| Total | Intervention |
p-value |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PT + MC | PT | |||
| Number (n, %) | 58 (100.00%) | 29 (50.00%) | 29 (50.00%) | |
| Gender (n) | 0.51 | |||
| Women | 52 (86.67%) | 26 (83.87%) | 26 (89.66%) | |
| Men | 8 (13.33%) | 5 (16.13%) | 3 (10.35%) | |
| Age (years) | 43 ± 8.43 | 43.484 ± 8.21 | 42.483 ± 8.78 | 0.86 |
| Height (cm) | 161.32 ± 6.55 | 160.98 ± 6.84 | 161.69 ± 6.44 | 0.68 |
| Weight (kg) | 62.95 ± 10.78 | 63.48 ± 10.89 | 62.40 ± 11.02 | 0.70 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.10 ± 3.46 | 24.50 ± 3.93 | 23.74 ± 2.90 | 0.40 |
| BMI group (n, %) | 0.55 | |||
| Underweight (BMI>18.5) | 2 (3.33%) | 1 (3.23%) | 1 (3.45%) | |
| Normal Weight (≥18.5, <25) | 33 (55.00%) | 15 (48.39%) | 18 (62.07%) | |
| Overweight (≥25) | 25 (41.67%) | 15 (48.39%) | 10 (34.48%) | |
PT, physical therapy; MC, massage chair; BMI, body mass index.
Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) unless otherwise indicated; statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.