Table 3.

Mean abdominal muscle, hip flexors, knee extensors and ankle dorsiflexors strength pre- and post-treatment of Groups A and B.

Strength (kg)	Pre-treatment	Post-treatment
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	MD	% of change	p value
Abdominal muscle
Group A	4.75 ± 1.53	7.04 ± 1.74	−2.29	48.21	0.001∗
Group B	4.68 ± 1.11	5.47 ± 1.24	−0.79	16.88	0.001∗
MD	0.07	1.57
	p = 0.88	p = 0.008∗
Right hip flexors
Group A	3.19 ± 1.15	4.78 ± 1.66	−1.59	49.84	0.001∗
Group B	2.98 ± 1.43	3.29 ± 1.44	−0.31	10.40	0.03∗
MD	0.21	1.49
	p = 0.65	p = 0.01∗
Left hip flexors
Group A	3.28 ± 0.94	4.83 ± 1.26	−1.55	47.26	0.001∗
Group B	3.08 ± 1.28	3.44 ± 1.36	−0.36	11.69	0.01∗
MD	0.2	1.39
	p = 0.62	p = 0.007∗
Right knee extensors
Group A	5.17 ± 1.94	7.71 ± 2.31	−2.54	49.13	0.001∗
Group B	4.91 ± 1.37	5.41 ± 1.31	−0.5	10.18	0.001∗
MD	0.26	2.3
	p = 0.66	p = 0.002∗
Left knee extensors
Group A	5.46 ± 1.70	7.79 ± 2.18	−2.33	42.67	0.001∗
Group B	5.11 ± 1.31	5.80 ± 1.37	−0.69	13.50	0.001∗
MD	0.35	1.99
	p = 0.53	p = 0.006∗
Right ankle dorsiflexors
Group A	1.48 ± 0.19	2.08 ± 0.26	−0.6	40.54	0.001∗
Group B	1.40 ± 0.16	1.76 ± 0.19	−0.36	25.71	0.001∗
MD	0.08	0.32
	p = 0.22	p = 0.001∗
Left ankle dorsiflexors
Group A	1.43 ± 0.21	2.11 ± 0.24	−0.68	47.55	0.001∗
Group B	1.45 ± 0.16	1.81 ± 0.21	−0.36	24.83	0.001∗
MD	−0.02	0.3
	p = 0.84	p = 0.001∗

SD, Standard deviation; MD, Mean difference; p value, Probability value; ∗p < 0.05.