Table 2.
Distribution of QEC scores [mean (SD)] for the studied participants (n = 117)
| Body region | Group | QEC final Score | F | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-intervention | Post-intervention (1) | Post-intervention (2) | ||||
| Back | Control | 29.82 (5.58) | 28.82 (5.58) | 29.58 (5.59) | 2.38 | 0.128 |
| WS-only | 29.61 (5.78) | 24.61 (3.55) | 25.41(3.55) | 8.75 | 0.001 | |
| T-only | 29.78 (5.73) | 27.73 (4.99) | 27.43 (4.99) | 2.44 | 0.101 | |
| WS + T | 30.21 (5.88) | 24.73 (2.99) | 24.13 (2.99) | 12.70 | 0.002 | |
| Shoulder/arm | Control | 29.93 (4.23) | 30.20 (4.09) | 30.44 (4.15) | 3.64 | 0.531 |
| WS-only | 29.52 (3.94) | 26.38 (1.20) | 25.87 (1.43) | 11.22 | 0.03 | |
| T-only | 29.47 (4.15) | 28.94 (3.67) | 28.94 (3.67) | 3.25 | 0.141 | |
| WS + T | 29.47 (4.15) | 26.21 (0.91) | 25.21 (1.12) | 10.13 | 0.047 | |
| Wrist/hand | Control | 30.34 (3.39) | 30.48 (3.37) | 30.24 (3.43) | 1.49 | 0.231 |
| WS-only | 30.66 (3.48) | 30.47 (3.15) | 30.28(3.53) | 0.417 | 0.626 | |
| T-only | 29.89 (3.49) | 29.89 (3.49) | 29.68 (3.35) | 1.00 | 0.378 | |
| WS + T | 30.31 (3.48) | 29.89 (3.29) | 30.00 (3.33) | 0.468 | 0.550 | |
| Neck | Control | 15.75 (1.59) | 15.55 (1.54) | 15.41 (1.49) | 3.12 | 0.515 |
| WS-only | 15.61 (1.62) | 14.57 (2.01) | 14.28 (2.21) | 1.00 | 0.544 | |
| T-only | 15.78 (1.61) | 15.78 (1.61) | 15.47 (2.09) | 2.01 | 0.651 | |
| WS + T | 15.57 (1.57) | 14.63 (2.49) | 14.63 (2.49) | 1.07 | 0.426 | |
| Work pace | Control | 7.27 (2.39) | 7.18 (2.42) | 7.18 (2.42) | 1.00 | 0.322 |
| WS-only | 7.33 (2.41) | 7.09 (2.48) | 7.80 (2.18) | 2.5 | 0.105 | |
| T-only | 7.42 (2.38) | 6.89 (2.53) | 7.42 (2.38) | 1.00 | 0.378 | |
| WS + T | 7.15 (2.47) | 7.11 (2.47) | 7.5 (2.47) | 1.00 | 0.364 | |
| Stress | Control | 8.18 (4.08) | 8.65 (4.04) | 8.53 (3.92) | 1.88 | 0.169 |
| WS-only | 7.85 (4.15) | 6.95 (3.24) | 7.19 (3.20) | 2.53 | 0.114 | |
| T-only | 7.73 (4.35) | 6.84 (3.97) | 6.57 (3.99) | 3.67 | 0.035 | |
| WS + T | 8.78 (3.88) | 5.95 (2.47) | 6.12 (2.38) | 4.41 | 0.001 | |
| Vibration | Control | 4.31 (3.97) | 4.21 (3.91) | 4.41 (3.83) | 1.05 | 0.987 |
| WS-only | 4.04 (3.98) | 3.99 (3.78) | 4.11 (3.94) | 2.11 | 0.996 | |
| T-only | 4.36 (4.05) | 4.42 (4.15) | 3.96 (3.95) | 1.00 | 0.898 | |
| WS + T | 4.36 (4.05) | 3.99 (4.25) | 4.33 (4.15) | 3.12 | 0.976 | |
Significant difference (from repeated measures ANOVA analysis) between three time points