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Table 4.

Intervention Results from Included Studies

Author, Year	Measurement Time Point	QST
Author, Year	Measurement Time Point	Within Subjects Mean Differences
Type	Experimental Group	Control Group
Bae et al, 2014²⁰	Baseline, immediate post	CST	0.39	0.32
		WST	−0.48	−0.49
		CPT	0.33	0.10
	WPT	−0.07	−0.41
	Baseline, 1 week post	CST	0.56*	0.40
		WST	−0.79	−0.23
		CPT	0.52*	0.10
	WPT	−0.31	−0.04
	Baseline, 3 weeks post	CST	0.76*	0.38
		WST	−2.26**	−0.37
		CPT	1.79***	0.23
WPT	−0.37	0.15
De Oliveira et al, 2014²¹
Hasan et al, 2014²²	Baseline, immediate post	CST	4.70*	1.10
		WST	−2.60	−0.10
		CPT	−2.10	−0.80
		WPT	0.70	0.30
		TT	−0.01	−0.01
PT	–2.00	–0.50
Kobayashi et al, 2015²³
Matsumura et al, 2013²⁴
Ohn et al, 2012²⁵

Notes: * p<0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p< 0.001. A positive change represents an increase in temperature or pressure.

Abbreviations: QST, Quantitative Sensory Test; CST, cold sensation threshold; WST, warm sensation threshold; CPT, cold pain threshold; WPT, warm pain threshold; TT, tactile threshold; PT, pressure threshold.