Table 7.

Summary of shorter-term results for changes in mean functional 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]	Patient Specific Score	Stretching§	5.6 (1.1)	4.9 (1.2)	#-0.7	0.078
	at 1 week	Control§	5.3 (1.5)	4.8 (1.3)	#-0.5
	(10 = full function)	Sham taping	5.3 (0.5)	5.4 (0.6)	#-0.1
Radford [19]	Foot Health Status Questionnaire	Stretching	56.3 (24.5)	72.4 (23.6)	16.2 (19.5)	0.052
	at 2 weeks (100 = full function)	Sham ultrasound	58.2 (24.0)	66.4 (26.2)	8.3 (18.5)

Abbreviations: SD = standard deviation.

^#Calculated by current authors or estimated from charts

^§See main text for discussion regarding the apparent inconsistency in reported p values between the stretching and control groups