Training Self-Administered Acupressure Exercise among Postmenopausal Women with Osteoarthritic Knee Pain: A Feasibility Study and Lessons Learned

Table 1

Participants’ baseline characteristics.

Participant’s characteristics	Acupressure group (𝑛=15)	Control group (𝑛=21)	𝑃 value
Age	63.47±2.64	59.86±4.91	0.05^a
Body mass index (BMI)	28.89±4.16	28.46±4.05	0.76^a
Pain VAS
Left knee	4.60±2.64	4.57±2.79	0.98^a
Right knee	5.00±2.29	5.57±2.29	0.46^a
Self-rated general health
Good	66.7%	71.4%	0.94^b
Satisfactory	26.7%	23.8%
Not good	6.7%	4.8%

^aIndependent 𝑡-test.
^bChi-Square test.