Manual Therapy (Postisometric Relaxation and Joint Mobilization) in Knee Pain and Function Experienced by Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Randomized Clinical Pilot Study

Table 3

Mean score differences over time according to group allocation using intention to treat analysis.

	Manual therapy group		Control group		ANOVA
	Before	After	Before	After	p
					Group	Time	Interaction
VAS	71.43 (12.52)	35.65 (12.15)	62.26 (10.50)	47.04 (17.52)	0.739	<0.001	<0.001
OKS	23.70 (7.29)	31.50 (26.78)	24.00 (5.82)	29.10 (35.71)	0.559	<0.001	0.052
KKS	59.61 (12.94)	74.70 (10.15)	61.80 (37.08)	68.87 (10.71)	0.518	<0.001	0.004
HAQ	1.30 (60.57)	1.00 (40.44)	1.30 (10.46)	1.00 (30.42)	0.811	<0.001	0.696

The results are expressed as mean and standard deviation (SD); VAS: visual analog scale; KSS: Knee Society Score; OKS: Oxford Knee Score; HAQ: Health Assessment Questionnaire; : values ; ; .