Table 3.
Between-Group Analysis in Posttreatment of Assessments Tools in INIT, IASTM, and Control Groups
| Assessment Tools | INIT vs IASTM (95% CI) (MD) |
INIT vs STT (95% CI) (MD) |
IASTM vs STT (95% CI) (MD) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAS | −.9 (–1.87 to .08) | P = .08a | −3 (−3.97 to −2.02) | P < .01b | −2.1 (−3.07 to −1.12) | P < .01b |
| PPT | .42 (0.15-0.68) | P < .01b | .65 (.38-.92) | P < .01b | .23 (.03-.5) | P < .01b |
| ANDI | −1.7 (−4.7 to 1.2) | P = .44a | −7.5 (−10.5 to −4.59) | P < .01b | −5.8 (8.75 to −2.84) | P < .01b |
| MDF | 18.53 (15.96-21.1) | P < .01b | 32.86 (30.28-35.43) | P < .01b | 14.32 (11.75-16.89) | P < .01b |
| RMS% | −2.2 (−3.04 to −1.5) | P < .01b | −4.65 (−5.32 to −3.79) | P < .01b | −2.29 (−3.05 to −1.52) | P < .01 |
ANDI, Arabic neck disability index; BMI, body mass index; IASTM, instrumented assisted soft tissue mobilization; INIT, integrated neuromuscular inhibition technique; MD, mean difference; MDF, median frequency; PPT, pressure pain threshold; RMS, root mean square; STT, supervised traditional therapy; VAS, visual analog scale.
a
No significant difference.
b
Indicates statistical significance.