Evaluation of the efficacy of trigger points combined with extracorporeal shock waves in the treatment of plantar fasciitis: heel temperature and plantar pressure

Table 4 Comparison of the heel temperatures between the two groups (n = 80, mean ± SD)

Index	Peer group	Pretreatment baseline	Posttreatment		F, P (time)	F, P (between groups)	F, P (interaction)
Index	Peer group	Pretreatment baseline	6 week	12 week	F, P (time)	F, P (between groups)	F, P (interaction)
T1 (°C)	Control group (n = 40)	28.37 ± 0.88	27.9 ± 0.89^*	28.08 ± 0.89^*#	F = 928.892, P < 0.001	F = 24.761, P < 0.001	F = 158.098, P < 0.001
	Test group (n = 40)	28.35 ± 0.97	27.33 ± 1.02^*&	27.44 ± 0.99^*#&
	T	0.101	2.658	3.037
	P	0.920	0.010	0.003
T2 (°C)	Control group (n = 40)	27.99 ± 0.91	27.31 ± 0.91^*	27.58 ± 0.91^*#	F = 623.046, P < 0.001	F = 13.064, P = 0.001	F = 69.790, P < 0.001
	Test group (n = 40)	28.02 ± 0.87	26.79 ± 0.81^*&	27.01 ± 0.81^*#&
	t	-0.182	2.723	2.960
	P	0.856	0.008	0.004
T3 (°C)	Control group (n = 40)	27.92 ± 0.88	27.12 ± 0.86^*	27.33 ± 0.88^*#	F = 943.214, P < 0.001	F = 14.304, P < 0.001	F = 80.134, P < 0.001
	Test group (n = 40)	27.96 ± 0.98	26.6 ± 0.96^*&	26.78 ± 0.90^*#&
	t	-0.207	2.533	2.776
	P	0.836	0.013	0.007
T4 (°C)	Control group (n = 40)	28.03 ± 0.85	27.75 ± 0.79^*	27.86 ± 0.83^*#	F = 332.332, P < 0.001	F = 16.280, P < 0.001	F = 106.332, P < 0.001
	Test group (n = 40)	28.08 ± 0.93	27.24 ± 0.87^*&	27.33 ± 0.90^*#&
	t	-0.255	2.769	2.747
	P	0.800	0.007	0.007
T5 (°C)	Control group (n = 40)	28.55 ± 0.88	27.84 ± 0.84^*	28.06 ± 0.87^*#	F = 4470.958, P < 0.001	F = 21.664, P < 0.001	F = 345.050, P < 0.001
	Test group (n = 40)	28.59 ± 0.91	27.31 ± 0.88^*&	27.33 ± 0.90^*#&
	t	-0.208	2.777	3.007
	P	0.836	0.007	0.007

* indicates p < 0.001 compared to pretreatment, # indicates p < 0.05 compared to 6 weeks posttreatment; & indicates p < 0.05 compared to the control group

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