Table 2.
WBV group (mean ± SD) | ULC group (mean ± SD) | Between-group p values |
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Before treatment | After treatment | p value | Before treatment | After treatment | p value | ||
MFT score | 10.93 ± 4.15 | 17.60 ± 5.54 | 0.001∗ | 12.40 ± 4.48 | 16.13 ± 5.49 | 0.002∗ | 0.016† |
Grip strength (kg) | 2.36 ± 2.29 | 4.40 ± 1.39 | 0.001∗ | 2.92 ± 1.95 | 4.09 ± 1.55 | 0.001∗ | 0.023† |
SD: standard deviation, WBV: whole-body vibration, ULC: upper and lower cycle, MFT: manual function test, ∗ p < 0.05 by Wilcoxon's signed-rank test, † p < 0.05 by the Mann–Whitney U-test.