From: Assessment of the kinesiotherapy’s efficacy in male athletes with calcaneal apophysitis
Kinesio tape | Sham tape | p | |||
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Median ± SD | Median | Median ± SD | Median | ||
VAS | |||||
Pretreatment | 7.0 ± 0.9 | 7.0 | 6.8 ± 1.2 | 7.0 | 0.783a |
1st week | 5.5 ± 0.9 | 6.0 | 5.4 ± 2.1 | 6.0 | 0.893a |
1st month | 2.8 ± 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 ± 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.812a |
3rd month | 0.5 ± 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 ± 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.069a |
6th month | 0.1 ± 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 ± 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.136a |
Change relative to pretreatment period | |||||
1st week | 1.5 ± 0.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 ± 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.782a |
Change p | 0.003b | 0.011b | |||
1st month | 4.2 ± 0.9 | 4.0 | 3.5 ± 1.5 | 4.0 | 0.199a |
Change p | 0.003b | 0.003b | |||
3rd month | 6.5 ± 1.1 | 6.0 | 5.4 ± 1.4 | 5.0 | 0.057a |
Change p | 0.003b | 0.003b | |||
6th month | 6.9 ± 1.0 | 7.0 | 6.5 ± 1.1 | 7.0 | 0.341a |
Change p | 0.003b | 0.003b |