Table 3. Intra- and inter-group comparisons of AFI scores.
| LIPUS | Sham US | p | |||||
| Mean±SD | Median | Min-Max | Mean±SD | Median | Min-Max | ||
| AFI PrT | -8.4±3.5 | -9.1 | -1.3 - -14.5 | -7.3±4.1 | -6.8 | -1.3 - -15.04 | 0.3 |
| AFI PoT | -34.8±8.5 | -32.4 | -25.1 - -50.5 | -42.0±8.6 | -41.6 | -28.6 - -60.7 | 0.009* |
| p** | 0.001* | 0.001* | |||||
| AFI ( PrT-PoT) | -26.4±6.3 | -24.5 | -16.7 - -40.2 | -34.8±6.1 | -33.9 | -25.8 - -49.5 | 0.001* |
| AFI: Achilles Functional Index; LIPUS: Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound; US: Ultrasound; SD: Standard deviation; PrT: Pre-test; PoT: Post-test; Mann-Whitney U test; * p<0.05 statistically significant; Wilcoxon test; ** p<0.05 statistically significant. | |||||||