Table 2.
Therapeutic Efficacy of Primary and Secondary Outcomes at 8 Weeks
| Outcome | Between-group improvement | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Swedish massage versus light-touch | Swedish massage versus usual care | Light-touch versus usual care | |
| WOMAC Global | − 8.16 (− 13.50 to − 2.81) | − 9.55 (− 14.66 to − 4.45) | − 1.40 (− 6.81 to 4.01)a |
| WOMAC pain subscale | − 10.98 (− 16.64 to − 5.31) | − 10.83 (− 16.23 to − 5.43) | 0.15 (− 5.57 to 5.86)a |
| WOMAC stiffness subscale | − 7.53 (− 14.54 to − 0.52) | − 10.53 (− 17.23 to − 3.84) | − 3.01 (− 10.07 to 4.06)a |
| WOMAC function subscale | − 6.24 (− 11.51 to − 0.97) | − 8.15 (− 13.16 to − 3.14) | − 1.91 (− 7.24 to 3.43)a |
| Visual analog scale | − 7.21 (− 14.93 to 0.52)a | − 11.20 (− 18.53 to − 3.88) | − 4.00 (− 11.77 to 3.77)a |
| Range of motion (°) | 0.70 (− 2.33 to 3.74)a | 2.10 (− 0.78 to 4.98)a | 1.40 (− 1.66 to 4.45)a |
| Timed walk (ft/s) | 0.13 (− 0.01 to 0.27)a | 0.16 (0.03 to 0.29) | 0.03 (− 0.11 to 0.17)a |
| PROMIS-PI T-score | − 0.79 (− 2.52 to 0.93)a | − 2.09 (− 3.73 to − 0.45) | − 1.30 (− 3.04 to 0.45)a |
The table displays mean and CI adjusted for baseline, study site, and BMI (< 30/30+). Higher scores on the WOMAC indicate worse outcome
WOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities; PROMIS-PI, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System-Pain Interference
ap > 0.05