Research Article
Training Self-Administered Acupressure Exercise among Postmenopausal Women with Osteoarthritic Knee Pain: A Feasibility Study and Lessons Learned
Table 3
Intention-to-treat design WOMAC subscale scores and score changes.
| WOMAC subscales | Acupressure group () | Control group () | Repeated measure | Mann-Whitney | Score | Score change | Score | Score change | ANOVA, a | test, b |
| Pain | | | | | 0.83 | | Baseline (0–6 week) | | | | | | 0.55 | 6 week (6–12 week) | | | | | | 0.49 | 12 week (0–12 week) | | | | | | 0.51 | Stiffness | | | | | 0.33 | | Baseline (0–6 week) | | | | | | 0.47 | 6 week (6–12 week) | | | | | | 0.66 | 12 week (0–12 week) | | | | | | 0.29 | Physical function | | | | | 0.52 | | Baseline (0–6 week) | | | | | | 0.51 | 6 week (6–12 week) | | | | | | 0.51 | 12 week (0–12 week) | | | | | | 0.98 | Total scores | | | | | 0.95 | | Baseline (0–6 week) | | | | | | 0.80 | 6 week (6–12 week) | | | | | | 0.53 | 12 week (0–12 week) | | | | | | 0.76 |
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aRepeated measure ANOVA controlled for age, baseline BMI, and baseline knee pain rating.
bMann-whitney test performed for all subscale score changes.
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