Assessment of the kinesiotherapy’s efficacy in male athletes with calcaneal apophysitis

Table 2 AOFAS alteration of both groups before and after treatment

	Kinesio tape		Sham tape		p
	Median ± SD	Median	Median ± SD	Median	p
AOFAS
Pretreatment	62.4 ± 12.8	58.0	70.5 ± 6.0	71.0	0.176^a
1st week	83.5 ± 5.5	86.0	77.4 ± 8.9	78.0	0.045 ^a
3rd month	98.3 ± 3.1	100.0	87.1 ± 8.8	85.0	0.001 ^a
6th month	99.7 ± 0.9	100.0	97.4 ± 3.9	100.0	0.057^a
Change relative to pretreatment period
1st week	21.1 ± 10.7	22.0	6.9 ± 6.5	6.0	0.003 ^a
Change p	0.003^b		0.006^b
3rd month	35.9 ± 13.6	39.0	16.6 ± 9.8	13.0	0.004 ^a
Change p	0.003^b		0.003^b
6th month	37.4 ± 13.1	42.0	26.9 ± 7.7	28.0	0.043 ^a
Change p	0.003^b		0.003^b

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