Table 3.
Pairwise Comparison of the Change in Tested Variables Immediately and 2 Days After Each Treatment Session in Both Groups
| Variable | Group | Session | Session | Mean Difference | Effect Size | P | 95% Confidence Interval for Difference |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Bound | Upper Bound | |||||||
| NPS | DN | 1 | 2 | 0.11 | 0.057 | .76 | –0.64 | 0.86 |
| 1 | 3 | 1.54 | 0.87 | .000 | 0.54 | 2.52 | ||
| 3 | 4 | –1.07 | –0.54 | .01 | –1.83 | –0.30 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 1.21 | 0.54 | .000 | 0.36 | 2.06 | ||
| 5 | 6 | –0.85 | –0.38 | .11 | –1.96 | 0.24 | ||
| 5 | 7 | 0.42 | 0.17 | .39 | –0.62 | 1.48 | ||
| IC | 1 | 2 | 0.706 | 0.37 | .000 | 0.20 | 1.20 | |
| 1 | 3 | 0.91 | 0.49 | .000 | 0.28 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 1.00 | 0.50 | .000 | 0.44 | 1.55 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 1.44 | 0.67 | .000 | 0.62 | 2.25 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 0.73 | 0.29 | .01 | 0.17 | 1.29 | ||
| 5 | 7 | 1.02 | 0.44 | .01 | 0.22 | 1.18 | ||
| PPT | DN | 1 | 2 | 0.14 | –0.03 | .87 | –1.75 | 2.03 |
| 1 | 3 | –2.46 | 0.55 | .000 | –3.72 | –1.19 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 1.6 | –0.36 | .13 | –0.59 | 3.80 | ||
| 3 | 5 | –0.86 | 0.17 | .44 | –3.25 | 1.52 | ||
| 5 | 6 | 1.07 | –0.24 | .38 | –1.51 | 3.65 | ||
| 5 | 7 | –2.49 | 0.52 | .04 | –4.97 | –0.11 | ||
| IC | 1 | 2 | –1.75 | 0.42 | .000 | –2.53 | –0.98 | |
| 1 | 3 | –1.55 | 0.38 | .04 | –3.05 | –0.04 | ||
| 3 | 4 | –1.54 | 0.34 | .09 | –3.35 | 0.27 | ||
| 3 | 5 | –1.02 | 0.22 | .18 | –2.61 | 0.55 | ||
| 5 | 6 | –2.09 | 0.41 | .000 | –3.46 | –0.72 | ||
| 5 | 7 | –1.04 | 0.22 | .04 | –2.031 | –0.056 | ||
1, before treatment; 2, immediately after treatment session; 3, 2 days after first treatment/before second treatment session; 4, immediately after second treatment session; 5, 2 days after second treatment/before third treatment session; 6, immediately after third treatment; 7, 2 days after third treatment session; DN, dry needling; IC, ischemic compression; PPT, pressure pain threshold (higher is better).