Efficacy of Knee Taping in addition to a Supervised Exercise Protocol to Manage Pain and Functional Status in Individuals with Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis: A Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial

Table 2

Comparison of VAS and WOMAC functional status (mean ± SD) scores within Groups A and B using paired t-test.

				Paired t-test
Outcomes	Baseline	4 weeks	∆MD	t value	value
Group A (N = 20)
VAS	6.00 ± 1.73	2.92 ± 0.97	−3.08 ± −0.76	9.70	<0.05
WOMAC-FS	20.95 ± 3.88	13.9 ± 3.07	−7.05 ± −0.81	11.11	<0.05
Group B (N = 20)
VAS	5.57 ± 2.23	5.65 ± 2.26	0.08 ± 0.03	−0.56	>0.05
WOMAC-FS	21.45 ± 4.87	19.85 ± 4.70	−1.6 ± −0.17	2.35	<0.05

WOMAC-FS: The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritic Index—Functional Status; ∆MD: mean difference; SD: standard deviation; significant value if .