Table 3.
Cases: 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 cases (neck) | 4.83 | 1.41 | 4.96 | 1.61 | 4.71 | 1.66 | 4.83 | 1.55 | 0.60 | (−0.10 to 1.31) | 0.98* | (0.28 to 1.69) | 0.46 | (−0.28 to 1.19) | 0.69* | (0.10 to 1.28) |
| Neck | Completers cases (neck) | 1.14* | (0.17 to 2.10) | 1.88** | (0.90 to 2.87) | 1.35* | (0.24 to 2.46) | 1.46** | (0.67 to 2.26) | ||||||||
| Pain | ITT cases (right shoulder) | 4.71 | 1.60 | 4.51 | 1.73 | 4.81 | 1.76 | 4.78 | 1.58 | 0.74 | (−0.22 to 1.69) | 0.22 | (−0.68 to 1.13) | 0.55 | (−0.50 to 1.59) | 0.47 | (−0.32 to 1.27) |
| Right shoulder | Completers cases (right shoulder) | 1.35* | (0.15 to 2.54) | 1.27* | (0.06 to 2.49) | 1.27 | (−0.08 to 2.63) | 1.30* | (0.32 to 2.29) | ||||||||
| Pain | ITT cases (left shoulder) | 4.53 | 1.53 | 4.76 | 1.83 | 4.71 | 1.55 | 4.26 | 1.35 | 1.32* | (0.11 to 2.53) | 0.42 | (−0.74 to 1.57) | 0.87 | (−0.33 to 2.07) | 0.84 | (−0.15 to 1.83) |
| Left shoulder | Completers cases (left shoulder) | 2.20* | (0.66 to 3.74) | 1.25 | (−0.31 to 2.82) | 1.96* | (0.35 to 3.58) | 1.81* | (0.58 to 3.03) | ||||||||
| DASH | ITT cases (neck) | 16 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 5* | (0 to 10) | 8** | (3 to 13) | 3 | (−2 to 8) | 5* | (1 to 9) |
| Completers cases (neck) | 7 | (−1 to 14) | 12** | (5 to 19) | 4 | (−4 to 12) | 8* | (2 to 14) | |||||||||
*
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.