Table 4.

VAS and grip strength

		NJF group (n = 51)	Conventional group (n = 50)	Control group (n = 61)	p-values for comparison between groups
VAS	Before	2.18(1.44)	1.74(1.24)	1.87(1.30)	P > 0.05
	After	1.24(0.95)	1.14(0.83)	1.52(1.19)	P > 0.05
	P-value	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.001
	95% CI	0.663, 1.219	0.356, 0.844	0.183, 0.505
Grip strength (kg)	Before	21.4(4.9)	19.4(4.8)	20.0(5.4)	P > 0.05
	After	23.2(4.4)	23.5(3.3)	21.0(4.7)	P > 0.05
	P-value	P < 0.001	P < 0.001	P < 0.01
	95% CI	-2.251, -1.323	-5.039, -3.289	-1.812. -0.251

Note values are presented as means (standard deviation)

NJF: neuromuscular joint facilitation; CI: confidence interval; VAS: visual analogue scale, pain severity score

p-values for comparison within groups via paired t-test