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Table 1. Demographic and baseline comparisons between the eccentric exercise group and the Astym treatment group.

Reported are the numbers of subjects, mean and in parentheses the standard deviations of the measures scores.

Treatment groups	Eccentric exercise program	Astym treatment	Group difference (level of significance p < 0.05)
Number of subjects	53	54	p = 0.46
Number of elbows	56	57	p = 0.93
Number of drop-outs	12	11	p = 0.40
Number of elbows following drop-outs	44	46	p = 0.40
Gender	39 females;	23 females;	p = 0.04
	14 males	31 males	p = 0.01
Age initial	46.3 (SD 7.2)	47.6 (SD 5.9)	p = 0.32
Age Drop-out subjects	41.7 (SD 7.7)	43.2 (SD 4.6)	p = 0.62
Primary outcome measure
DASH (0 → 100)	29.8 (SD 14.6)	29.5 (SD 14.5)	p = 0.93
Secondary outcome measures
VAS Act (in mm)	53 (SD 25)	59 (SD 24)	p = 0.21
Max grip (in lbs force)	58.1 (SD 30.8)	70.3 (SD 35.1)	p = 0.062
Function (in mm)	62 (SD 25)	59 (SD 25)	p = 0.055

Notes.