Table. 6. Improvement of KWOMAC in each group and comparison of KWOMAC among groups.
Experimental group | Control groupⅠ | Control groupⅡ | Among Groups | ||||||||
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MEAN ± SD | t | p* | MEAN ± SD | t | p* | MEAN ± SD | t | p* | f | p** | |
△W1 - 2 | 16.63 ± 13.24 | 5.022 | 0.000* | 10.59 ± 14.65 | 2.980 | 0.000* | 10.94 ± 14.52 | 3.013 | 0.009* | 0.927 | 0.403** |
△W1 - 3 | 24.56 ± 15.74 | 6.242 | 0.000* | 25.47 ± 15.25 | 6.887 | 0.009* | 17.56 ± 9.62 | 7.303 | 0.000* | 1.678 | 0.198** |
△W1 - 4 | 36.44 ± 13.84 | 10.53 | 0.000* | 32.24 ± 16.88 | 7.875 | 0.000* | 35.25 ± 15.14 | 9.312 | 0.000* | 0.298 | 0.744** |
Values are numbers or means ± SDs.
*using paired t-test, p< 0.05
**using Repeated ANOVA test, p< 0.05
△W1-2:KWOMAC at Basement-KWOMAC at before 5th treatment
△W1-3:KWOMAC at Basement-KWOMAC at before 9th treatment
△W1-4 :KWOMAC at Basement- KWOMAC at 4 weeks after 9th treatment