Table 2.
Cohort: baseline values for pain and DASH score and between-group changes for each group compared with reference after 20 weeks
| Reduction after 20 weeks compared with Reference | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline 1WS | SD | Baseline 3WS | SD | Baseline 9WS | SD | Baseline REF | SD | 1WS | 95% CI | 3WS | 95% CI | 9WS | 95% CI | Training groups combined | 95% CI | ||
| Pain | ITT (neck) | 3.32 | 2.25 | 3.13 | 2.41 | 3.05 | 2.30 | 3.24 | 2.26 | 0.27 | [-0.15; 0.69] | 0.11 | [-0.30; 0.51] | 0.39 | [-0.03; 0.81] | 0.43* | [0.03; 0.83] |
| Neck | Completers (neck) | 0.74* | [ 0.01: 1.46] | 0.78* | [0.08; 1.49] | 0.71 | [-0.06; 1.48] | 0.75* | [0.17; 1.32] | ||||||||
| Pain | ITT (right shoulder) | 2.22 | 2.32 | 2.32 | 2.38 | 1.88 | 2.22 | 2.01 | 2.39 | 0,56* | [0.07; 1.05] | 0,36 | [-0.12; 0.84] | 0,43 | [-0.07; 0.93] | 0,45* | [0.04; 0.85] |
| Right Shoulder | Completers (right shoulder) | 0,94* | [0.42; 1.09] | 0,61 | [-0.12; 1.33] | 0,83* | [0.04; 1.61] | 0,78* | [0.19; 1.37] | ||||||||
| Pain | ITT (left shoulder) | 1.50 | 2.05 | 1.75 | 2.28 | 1.75 | 2.18 | 1.50 | 1.92 | 0,41 | [-0.03; 0.85] | 0,19 | [-0.24; 0.62] | 0,32 | [-0.12; 0.77] | 0,30 | [-0.06; 0.67] |
| Left shoulder | Completers (left shoulder) | 0,69* | [0.22; 1.35] | 0,32 | [-0.33; 0.97] | 0,62 | [-0.08; 1.33] | 0,53 | [-0.01; 1.06] | ||||||||
| DASH | ITT (neck) | 12 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 4* | [1; 8] | 7** | [3; 10] | 2 | [-1; 6] | 4* | [2; 7] |
| Completers (neck) | 6* | [0; 11] | 9** | [4; 15] | 2 | [-4: 8] | 6* | [2; 10] | |||||||||
*
p<0.05
**
p<0.01
DASH, Disability in Arms, Shoulders and Hands; ITT, intention to treat; 1WS, 1 h training once a week; 3WS, 20 min training three times a week; 9WS, 7 min training nine times a week; REF, reference group.