Table 2.

Descriptive statistics and analysis of normal distribution for myofascial tissue stiffness measurements.

Quantitative Variable		Mean	SD	Med	p-Value (Shapiro–Wilk)
5 mm indentation	M1, N/mm	1.16	0.36	1.09	0.004
	M2, N/mm	1.26	0.41	1.26	0.06
	M3, N/mm	1.12	0.30	1.16	0.01
10 mm indentation	M1, N/mm	3.40	1.38	3.22	0.16
	M2, N/mm	2.80	1.24	2.39	0.002
	M3, N/mm	3.16	1.36	3.05	0.10

SD—standard deviation; Med—median; M1—first measurement; M2—second measurement; M3—third measurement.