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. 2017 Oct 2;17:475. doi: 10.1186/s12906-017-1977-8

Table 7.

VAS secondary measures

Visit AyuFlex1 (n = 28) AyuFlex2 (n = 33) Placebo (n = 25) p value
Overall Knee Mobility Overalla AF1 + AF2 vs PBO AF1 vs PBO AF2 vs PBO AF1 vs AF2
Overalla 0.577 0.552 0.344 0.946 0.341
0 69.4 (±21.2) 69.4 (±17.6) 68.8 (±21.8)
14 68.0 (±22.1) 75.8 (±16.2) 68.0 (±21.8) 0.324 0.892 0.048 0.078
42 75.5 (±16.3) 78.2 (±14.9) 70.1 (±21.6) 0.078 0.249 0.078 0.474
84 79.0 (±16.3) 83.4 (±14.9) 73.3 (±18.8) 0.031 0.208 0.021 0.251
Changes to Measures of Overall Knee Mobilityb
9.6 (±21.6) 13.9 (±18.9) 4.6 (±17.9) 0.201 0.115 0.351 0.074 0.391
Overall Joint Function Overalla AF1 + AF2 vs PBO AF1 vs PBO AF2 vs PBO AF1 vs AF2
Overalla 0.444 0.199 0.219 0.367 0.776
0 73.3 (±20.5) 66.6 (±23.8) 72.0 (±20.8)
14 74.8 (±17.9) 76.0 (±18.0) 72.6 (±20.2) 0.304 0.718 0.158 0.448
42 76.2 (±15.1) 79.0 (±19.0) 72.6 (±22.6) 0.388 0.493 0.059 0.226
84 81.1 (±13.0) 82.2 (±17.9) 72.0 (±20.8) 0.387 0.055 0.015 0.522
Changes to Measures of Overall Joint Functionb
7.8 (±21.1) 15.5 (±24.7) 0.0 (±21.1) 0.038 0.029 0.215 0.011 0.182
Overall Low Back Health Overalla AF1 + AF2 vs PBO AF1 vs PBO AF2 vs PBO AF1 vs AF2
Overalla 0.828 0.630 0.907 0.446 0.732
0 64.2 (±22.9) 64.3 (±26.6) 54.4 (±24.6)
14 71.8 (±18.3) 68.3 (±23.4) 55.8 (±21.2) 0.032 0.017 0.153 0.405
42 74.5(±22.5) 72.4 (±23.1) 55.8 (±21.2) 0.007 0.014 0.024 0.626
84 76.6 (±20.9) 76.5 (±23.3) 59.8 (±24.4) 0.013 0.029 0.037 0.978
Changes to Measures of Low Back Healthb
12.5 (±27.1) 12.3 (±19.6) 5.5 (±25.0) 0.480 0.224 0.290 0.285 0.975
Willingness to Exercise Overalla AF1 + AF2 vs PBO AF1 vs PBO AF2 vs PBO AF1 vs AF2
Overalla 0.442 0.204 0.171 0.412 0.748
0 74.6 (±21.2) 73.5 (±23.8) 69.2 (±26.8)
14 74.3 (±17.5) 76.0 (±20.4) 71.0 (±23.6) 0.687 0.941 0.577 0.553
42 79.4 (±16.0) 77.3 (±26.6) 68.4 (±27.5) 0.129 0.112 0.289 0.766
84 82.7 (±16.8) 82.9 (±20.8) 71.1 (±27.9) 0.039 0.108 0.082 0.861
Changes to Measures of Willingness to Exerciseb
8.1 (±21.9) 9.5 (±19.6) 2.0 (±27.0) 0.434 0.203 0.331 0.215 0.809

aOverall p value using mean changes over time amoung the listed group/s using a Repeated Measures ANCOVA

bThis was determined using Post Score Subtracted from Day O

Values Presented as Mean ± Standard Deviation

Values determined to be significant (p = <0.05) indicated