Table 1.

Analysis of repeated measurement variance of the visual analogue scale, Constant-Murley score and Young’s modulus values at different courses during the treatment of supraspinatus tendinitis

Indicators	Pre-treatment	Course 1	Course 2	Course 3	Course 4	F	P value
VAS	6.17 ± 1.05	4.08 ± 2.20	3.79 ± 2.09	3.45 ± 1.90	3.08 ± 1.73	208.889	< 0.001
CMS	57.24 ± 9.92	64.21 ± 12.96	68.76 ± 14.95	71.84 ± 16.28	75.09 ± 18.08	278.355	< 0.001
YM value, kPa	60.61 ± 11.53	52.86 ± 11.26	45.70 ± 11.46	41.67 ± 10.99	37.94 ± 10.71	237.363	< 0.001

CMS: Constant-Murley score; VAS: Visual analogue scale; YM: Young’s modulus.