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. 2024 Feb 1;70(1):61–72. doi: 10.5606/tftrd.2024.13209

Table 2. Evaluation of pre-treatment and post-treatment at rest muscle thickness of inter- and intra-group.

  Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 p
Mean±SD Median Min-Max Mean±SD Median Min-Max Mean±SD
RA muscle Non-hemiplegic side                
Pre-treatment 8.11±1.42     9.1±1.44     10.03±1.83 0.016*1a
Post-treatment 9.54±1.89     10.06±1.57       0.51b
PRE-POST p2   <0.001*     0.002*      
Pre-post difference   1.55 0.5-2.5   0.95 0.2-2.2 - 0.373
Hemiplegic side                
Pre-treatment 7.23±1.38     7.72±1.61     9.73±1.58 <0.001*1a
Post-treatment 8.53±1.35     8.75±1.39       0.7231b
PRE-POST p2   <0.001*     0.005*      
Pre-post difference   1.15 0.4-2.3   0.6 0.1-2.6 - 0.8243
TrA muscle Non-hemiplegic side                
Pre-treatment 5.28±1.08     5.21±1.16     5.68±0.99 0.4301a
Post-treatment 6.49±0.96     6.07±1.3       0.4221b
PRE-POST p2   <0.001*     0.002*      
Pre-post difference   1.25 0.7-1.9   0.75 0.1-1.9 - 0.5033
Hemiplegic side                
Pre-treatment 4.24±1.01     4.43±1.23     5.42±0.9 0.007*1a
Post-treatment 5.71±1.2     5.23±1.19       0.3811b
PRE-POST p2   <0.001*     <0.001*      
Pre-post difference   1.15 0.9-2.9   0.7 0.5-1.2 - 0.016*3
IO muscle Non-hemiplegic side                
Pre-treatment 5.72±0.88     6.08±1.34     6.41±0.97 0.2441a
Post-treatment 6.78±0.88     7±1.58       0.7051b
PRE-POST p2   <0.001*     <0.001*      
Pre-post difference   1.05 0.6-1.8   0.85 0.4-1.9 - 0.8823
Hemiplegic side                
Pre-treatment 4.74±0.76     5.35±1.24     6.11±0.91 0.003*1a
Post-treatment 5.63±0.99     6.03±1.46       0.4831b
PRE-POST p2   <0.001*     0.001*      
Pre-post difference   0.85 0.3-1.8   0.55 0.3-1.6 - 0.233
EO muscle Non-hemiplegic side                
Pre-treatment 6.11±0.94     6.73±1.23     6.54±1.34 0.5131a
Post-treatment 7.15±1.1     7.66±1.44       0.3851b
PRE-POST p2   <0.001*     0.001*      
Pre-post difference   1.1 0.3-1.7   0.85 0.1-2.3 - 0.3703
Hemiplegic side                
Pre-treatment 5.28±1.06     5.67±1.32     6.14±1.14 0.1681a
Post-treatment 6.28±1.13     6.58±1.35       0.5961b
PRE-POST p2   0.001*     <0.001*      
Pre-post difference   1.05 0.1-2   0.75 0.3-2 - 0.8243
SD: Standard deviation; PRE: Pre-treatment; POST: Post-treatment; RA: Rectus abdominis; TrA: Transversus abdominis; IO:Internus obliquus; EO: Externus obliquus; 1a One way ANOVA test; 1b Student t test; 2 Paired samples t test; * p<0.05; 3Mann-Whitney U test (Group 1 & 2)