Table 6.
Summary of shorter-term changes in mean pain scores comparing groups receiving stretches versus those receiving no intervention or placebo
| Outcome | Group | Baseline score (+/- SD) |
Follow up score (+/- SD) |
Change in mean score (+/- SD if available) |
Between group difference (p value) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyland [17] | 10 point visual analogue scale | Stretching | 6.3 (0.8) | 4.6 (0.7) | #-1.7 | |
| at 1 week (0 = no pain) | Control | 6.3 (1.2) | 6.2 (1.0) | #-0.1 | Versus stretching 0.026 | |
| Sham taping | 6.4 (1.2) | 6.0 (0.9) | #-0.4 | Versus stretching >0.05 | ||
| Radford [19] | 100 mm visual analogue scale | Stretching | 70.9 (23.0) | 51.1 (29.1) | -19.8 (26.0) | 0.138 |
| 1st step pain at 2 weeks (0 = no pain) | Sham ultrasound | 75.8 (19.1) | 62.5 (29.5) | -13.2 (25.2) |
Abbreviations: SD = standard deviation
#Calculated by current authors or estimated from charts