Table 9.

Summary of shorter-term results for changes in mean functional scores comparing groups receiving stretches versus those receiving another intervention

	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 at 1 week	§Stretching	5.6 (1.1)	4.9 (1.2)	#-0.7	0.078
	(10 = full function)	Calcaneal taping	4.5 (1.6)	6.2 (1.8)	#1.7
Sharma [20]	AOFAS ankle/hindfoot scale at 4 weeks	Stretching	#64 ##(15)	#65 ##(21)	#1.0	Not stated
	(100 = full function)	Bracing	#64 ##(5.7)	#65 ##(19.8)	#1.0

Abbreviations: SD = standard deviation, AOFAS = American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society.

^#Calculated by current authors or estimated from charts

^##Current authors estimation from charts and converting standard error to standard deviation (SD = SE√n)

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