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Table 1 Baseline data for the groups
Variable Ischaemic
compression
Trigger point pressure
release
Sham ultrasound P-value
Median age (S.D.) 24 (3.3) 24 (4.6) 23 (1.5) 0.4386
Mean VAS (S.D.) 41.3 (7.8) 43.6 (8.8) 38.1 (8.8) 0.2143
Mean PPT (S.D.) 3.39 (1.16) 2.8 (1.2) 2.6 (0.83) 0.1060
Mean LCF (S.D.) 50.7 (7.2) 44.1 (7.9) 47.3 (7.3) 0.0642
Age in years; VAS in millimetres; pressure pain threshold (PPT) in kg/cm2
; lateral cervical flexion (LCF) in degrees. Median used for age
as S.D.s among groups were significant. Kruskal—Wallis test used for age; ANOVA used for other outcome measures.