Table 2.

Comparison of pain intensity, neck disability index, and cervical range of motion between subjects of the two experimental groups in different phases

Variable	Control	Soft tissue	P1	P2 Control		P2 Soft tissue		P3
				Before-after	Before-follow	Before-after	Before-after	After	Follow
Pain intensity
Before	7.70±0.92	7.21±0.85	<0.001	t=0.76 0.45	t=1.78 0.09	t=13.79 <0.001	t=20.26 <0.001	t=20.65 <0.001	t=23.39 <0.001
Immediately	7.85±0.67	3.36±0.68
Follow up	8.05±0.88	1.57±0.83
Neck disability index
Before	21.10±3.86	22.73±7.12	<0.001	t=7.99 0.45	t=7.13 0.35	t=10.31 <0.001	t=13.15 <0.001	t=13.74 <0.001	t=23.38 <0.001
Immediately	24.50±3.13	9.42±3.70
Follow up	24.70±3.19	4.05±2.19
Flexion (Degree)
Before	35.35±1.84	35.00±3.87	<0.001	t=17.94 <0.001	t=14.18 <0.001	t=12.82 <0.001	t=13.24 <0.001	t=6.32 0.001	t=12.98 <0.001
Immediately	32.95±1.73	38.57±3.56
Follow up	31.20±1.39	41.21±3.13
Extension (Degree)
Before	25.15±1.84	23.15±2.91	<0.001	t=15.02 <0.001	t=21.08 <0.001	t=9.80 <0.001	t=18.11 <0.001	t=4.98 <0.001	t=12.06<0.001
Immediately	22.60±1.78	26.15±2.60
Follow up	20.20±1.73	28.57±2.54
Right rotation (Degree)
Before	42.05±3.01	41.26±2.05	<0.001	t=11.89 <0.001	t=12.95 <0.001	t=12.15 <0.001	t=15.84 <0.001	t=9.12 <0.001	t=15.69 <0.001
Immediately	38.95±3.11	46.78±2.12
Follow up	36.85±3.03	50.15±2.16
Center rotation (Degree)
Before	40.85±3.01	39.36±3.26	<0.001	t=13.50 <0.001	t=15.14 <0.001	t=14.84 <0.001	t=13.32 <0.001	t=5.03 0.006	t=10.65 <0.001
Immediately	38.10±2.78	42.84±3.09
Follow-up	35.95±2.96	46.31±3.11
Right lateral flexion (Degree)
Before	37.35±3.01	35.05±3.71	<0.001	t=12.45 <0.001	t=15.46 <0.001	t=12.38 <0.001	t=14.91 <0.001	t=4.74 <0.001	t=9.28 <0.001
Immediately	34.55±2.92	39.84±3.98
Follow up	32.40±2.50	42.94±4.39
Center lateral flexion (Degree)
Before	36.70±2.38	34.47±3.83	<0.001	t=13.17 <0.001	t=14.10 <0.001	t=14.26 <0.001	t=27.94 <0.001	t=5.68 <0.001	t=11.53 <0.001
Immediately	34.10±2.10	39.57±3.73
Follow up	32.00±1.97	43.68±4.05

P1=P-value for repeated measurement; P2=P-value for paired t-test, P3=P-value for independent t-test