Clinical Study

Treating Small Bowel Obstruction with a Manual Physical Therapy: A Prospective Efficacy Study

Table 4

Analysis for range of motion measurements before and after CPA treatment.

Range of motion measure (normal°)Pretreatment ()
mean (s.d.)
Posttreatment ()
mean (s.d.)
value

Flexion (80°)69.20 (10.07)73.80 (6.17)0.000003
Extension (25°)14.68 (7.72)20.60 (5.27)0.000008
Left side bending (45°)35.20 (8.95)40.40 (7.63)0.000005
Right side bending (45°)35.20 (9.63)40.60 (6.82)0.00003
Left rotation (45°)32.80 (10.81)39.40 (7.54)0.000008
Right rotation (45°)34.40 (10.54)39.00 (7.50)0.00003

One-sided multiplicity adjusted.
s.d. = standard deviation.