Table 3 Between-group differences regarding the outcome measurements
| Â | aEffect at | bEffect at | Comparison for taping effects | Comparison for sequence effects | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 1-Period 2 | Z-value | cP-value | Period 1+ Period 2 | Z-value | cP-value |
Pain-1 kg (0~ 10) | ||||||||
 KT-ST (n = 9) | −1.9 (1.4) | −0.8 (1.0) | − 1.1 (1.8) | −2.168 | 0.030 | −2.7 (1.5) | −0.240 | 0.811 |
 ST-KT (n = 6) | −0.5 (0.5) | −2.3 (2.1) | 1.8 (2.2) |  |  | −2.8 (2.0) |  |  |
Pain-at rest (0~ 10) | ||||||||
 KT-ST (n = 9) | −1.0 (1.7) | −0.9 (0.8) | −0.1 (1.8) | 0 | 1.000 | −1.9 (2.0) | −1.538 | 0.124 |
 ST-KT (n = 6) | −0.2 (0.4) | −0.5 (0.8) | 0.3 (0.5) |  |  | −0.7 (1.2) |  |  |
PFG (kg) | ||||||||
 KT-ST (n = 9) | 3.3 (6.3) | 2.9 (3.4) | 0.4 (5.3) | −0.589 | 0.556 | 6.2 (8.7) | −0.059 | 0.953 |
 ST-KT (n = 6) | 1.7 (3.3) | 3.3 (2.8) | −1.6 (2.2) |  |  | 5.0 (5.7) |  |  |
PPT(lbf) | ||||||||
 KT-ST (n = 9) | 0.6 (0.5) | 0.1 (0.6) | 0.5 (0.4) | −0.354 | 0.723 | 0.6 (1.0) | −0.707 | 0.480 |
 ST-KT (n = 6) | 2.3 (4.9) | 1.2 (2.6) | 1.1 (2.5) |  |  | 3.5 (7.5) |  |  |