Table 3.

Results by study design

			Demographics		VAS Score Improvement
Group	Design		Patients (n)	% Total	Intervention	Control
1	Tension taping + exercise	Placebo taping + exercise	91	38.72	44.90	66.00
2	Placebo taping + exercise	Exercise alone	56	23.83	66.00	47.90
3	Tension taping + exercise	Tension taping alone	112	47.66	44.90	14.10

VAS, visual analog scale.