A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effectiveness of Court-Type Traditional Thai Massage versus Amitriptyline in Patients with Chronic Tension-Type Headache
Table 3
Comparison of the adjusted mean and 95% CI outcome measures (adjusted for baseline using ANCOVA) at each assessment time point.
Outcome
2-week follow-up
4-week follow-up
6-week follow-up
(Mean ± SD)
(Mean ± SD)
(Mean ± SD)
CTTM
Control
CTTM
Control
CTTM
Control
(Mean ± SD)
(Mean ± SD)
(Mean ± SD)
(Mean ± SD)
(Mean ± SD)
(Mean ± SD)
Visual analog scale (VAS 0–10 cm)
3.73 ± 1.22
4.4 ± 1.37
2.9 ± 0.95
3.5 ± 1.27
2.60 ± 0.72
2.9 ± 1.06
Difference (95% CI)
0.90 (0.54 to 1.26)
0.79 (0.42 to 1.5)
0.44 (0.11 to 0.76)
value
<0.05
<0.05
<0.05
Tissue hardness (%)
48.85 ± 11.29
49.80 ± 10.45
46.20 ± 7.54
49.51 ± 7.85
48.96 ± 8.01
47.41 ± 8.62
Difference (95% CI)
−2.38 (−7.42 to 2.65)
4.30 (0.70 to 7.89)
0.97 (−3.27 to 5.22)
value
0.347
<0.05
0.647
Pressure pain threshold (kg/cm2)
3.72 ± 0.60
3.17 ± 0.65
4.01 ± 0.62
3.4 ± 0.68
4.12 ± 0.55
3.53 ± 0.73
Difference (95% CI)
0.35 (0.13 to 0.57)
0.32 (0.09 to 0.55)
0.38 (0.13 to 0.63)
value
<0.05
<0.05
<0.05
Note. CTTM is court-type traditional Thai massage. NA is not available. is statistically significant differences from baseline.
