Table 2.

Comparison of pain intensity and deep neck flexor muscles endurance between and within groups.

		Baseline	Post-treatment	Δ	p value	Effect size (Cohen’s d)	Between-group p value
VAS (cm)	Combined therapy group	9.04 ± 1.04	2.63 ± 1.71	−6.41 ± 1.95	<0.001	3.28	0.019
	Exercise therapy group	8.67 ± 1.76	4.29 ± 2.47	−4.37 ± 2.06	<0.001	2.12
DNFET (sec)	Combined therapy group	9.02 ± 4.22	10.92 ± 5.59	1.90 ± 3.96	0.028	0.40	0.143
	Exercise therapy group	7.43 ± 7.22	8.39 ± 6.18	0.95 ± 3.55	0.201	0.20

Note: Values are mean ± standard deviation; Δ: within-group treatment difference; VAS: Visual Analog Scale; DNFET: Deep Neck Flexor Muscle Endurance Test; Statically significant p-value and subsequent effect size are indicated in bold.