Research Article
BEMER Therapy Combined with Physiotherapy in Patients with Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Randomised, Controlled Double Blind Follow-Up Pilot Study
Table 3
Comparison of values before and after treatment of knee osteoarthritis.
| Dependent variable | Therapy | Descriptive statistics | values of ANCOVA | Mean | Std. deviation | |
| Resting VAS diff. Tests 1 and 2 | Physio + BEMER | 15.94 | 15.67 | 18 | 0.9901 | Physio + placebo | 20.58 | 26.68 | 24 |
| Exercise VAS val. diff. Tests 1 and 2 | Physio + BEMER | 18.22 | 17.17 | 18 | 0.3630 | Physio + placebo | 25.79 | 21.55 | 24 |
| Fatigue GFI diff. Tests 1 and 2 | Physio + BEMER | 6.03 | 6.08 | 10 | 0.4270 | Physio + placebo | 4.96 | 9.57 | 7 |
| Physical functioning nbs diff. Tests 1 and 2 | Physio + BEMER | −2.76 | 5.25 | 9 | 0.6392 | Physio + placebo | −3.83 | 6.20 | 17 |
| Role physical nbs diff. Tests 1 and 2 | Physio + BEMER | −13.47 | 13.53 | 14 | 0.7978 | Physio + placebo | −9.48 | 15.85 | 18 |
| Bodily pain nbs diff. Tests 1 and 2 | Physio + BEMER | −6.97 | 6.35 | 17 | 0.7382 | Physio + placebo | −6.59 | 6.04 | 17 |
| General heath nbs diff. Tests 1 and 2 | Physio + BEMER | −2.96 | 4.19 | 13 | 0.2222 | Physio + placebo | −0.95 | 3.36 | 13 |
| Vitality nbs diff. Tests 1 and 2 | Physio + BEMER | −7.64 | 11.28 | 14 | 0.0788 | Physio + placebo | −2.38 | 9.81 | 20 |
| Social functioning nbs diff. Tests 1 and 2 | Physio + BEMER | −8.15 | 10.50 | 16 | 0.2459 | Physio + placebo | −5.90 | 11.92 | 17 |
| Role emotional nbs diff. Tests 1 and 2 | Physio + BEMER | −13.93 | 19.70 | 15 | 0.8289 | Physio + placebo | −7.96 | 19.48 | 14 |
| Mental health nbs diff. Tests 1 and 2 | Physio + BEMER | −5.45 | 11.67 | 12 | 0.9227 | Physio + placebo | −3.72 | 8.51 | 19 |
| Physical component summary diff. Tests 1 and 2 | Physio + BEMER | −2.65 | 4.30 | 6 | 0.8054 | Physio + placebo | −5.86 | 7.68 | 7 |
| Mental component summary diff. Tests 1 and 2 | Physio + BEMER | −11.58 | 18.21 | 6 | 0.4531 | Physio + placebo | −4.96 | 7.78 | 7 |
| WOMAC “A” diff. 1-2 | Physio + BEMER | 20.11 | 19.26 | 17 | 0.9221 | Physio + placebo | 17.81 | 17.51 | 24 |
| WOMAC “B” diff. 1-2 | Physio + BEMER | 15.78 | 18.41 | 16 | 0.7126 | Physio + placebo | 14.21 | 20.91 | 24 |
| WOMAC “C” diff. 1-2 | Physio + BEMER | 10.87 | 15.48 | 17 | 0.9848 | Physio + placebo | 15.16 | 14.94 | 24 |
| WOMAC total diff. 1-2 | Physio + BEMER | 13.46 | 15.10 | 17 | 0.8817 | Physio + placebo | 15.00 | 13.83 | 24 |
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