Prolonged Sitting Posture: Massage and Physical Exercise Program as Effective Therapy in 45 Sedentary Officers using Their Vehicles Full Time
Table 5.
Inter and intra group comparison of the pain mean values of ourstudy sample
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Statistical tests |
P-value |
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| Comparison of the intensity of pain at the start of the study between the two experimental groups |
Mann-Whitney U test |
0,68 |
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| Comparison of the intensity of pain at the start of the study between the PE group only and the control group |
Mann-Whitney U test |
0,45 |
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| Comparison of the intensity of pain at the start of the study between the PE + massage group and the control group |
Mann-Whitney U test |
0,71 |
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| Comparison of pain intensity at the start and end of the study in the control group |
Test Wilcoxon |
0,86 |
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| Comparison of pain intensity at the start and end of the study in the PE group only |
Test Wilcoxon |
0,00** |
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| Comparison of pain intensity at the start and end of the study in the PE + Massage group |
Test Wilcoxon |
0,00** |
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| Comparison of the intensity of pain at the end of the study between the two PE groups |
Mann-Whitney U test |
0,00** |
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* Significant difference
**very significant difference
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