Table 3.
Group | Variables | Post-treatment | Follow up | ||||||
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Medians (IQR) | Sig. | W | ES | Medians (IQR) | Sig. | W | ES | ||
MT | Strength (0–5) | 0.00 (0.00) | .188 | .180 | −.34 | 0.00 (0.00) | .188 | 1.00 | .00 |
Circumference (cm) | 30.85 (3.75) | .050 | .018 | .11 | 30.70 (4.37) | .113 | .098 | −.23 | |
Flexion (degree) | 143.00 (13.25) | .022 | .040 | .28 | 146.00 (10.25) | 1.00 | .972 | .00 | |
Extension (degree) | 5.00 (19.50) | .293 | .278 | .07 | 4.00 (22.00) | .553 | .562 | −.03 | |
Pain (0–10) | 0.00 (0.875) | .006 | .014 | −.49 | 0.00 (0.00) | .069 | .068 | −.50 | |
EG | Strength (0–5) | 0.00 (0.00) | .333 | .317 | .00 | 0.00 (0.00) | .333 | .317 | .25 |
Circumference (cm) | 31.05 (5.175) | .484 | .145 | .03 | 30.45 (5.62) | .268 | .279 | −.06 | |
Flexion (degree) | 144.50 (36.75) | .121 | .121 | −.17 | 148.00 (28.25) | .101 | .114 | .21 | |
Extension (degree) | 12.00 (39.25) | .528 | .734 | −.02 | 10.50 (29.75) | .090 | .090 | −.16 | |
Pain (0–10) | 0.00 (0.00) | .164 | .157 | −.20 | 0.00 (0.375) | .270 | .257 | .46 | |
CG | Strength (0–5) | 0.00 (0.00) | .165 | .157 | −.19 | 0.00 (0.00) | a | 1.00 | a |
Circumference (cm) | 31.35 (5.90) | .687 | .476 | −.03 | 30.75 (7.55) | .687 | .859 | −.04 | |
Flexion (degree) | 146.50 (11.25) | .664 | .944 | .02 | 142.00 (11.75) | .712 | .610 | −.01 | |
Extension (degree) | 0.00 (11.75) | .666 | 1.00 | −.02 | 0.00 (5.00) | .534 | .715 | −.03 | |
Pain (0–10) | 0.00 (0.00) | .165 | .157 | −.23 | 0.00 (0.00) | .752 | .785 | .13 |
MT manual therapy group, EG educational group, CG control group, n number of elbows, SD standard deviation, Sig. signification, W non-parametric Wilcoxon test, ES effect size), aNo can be calculated the signification and the correlation because the standard error of the difference is 0