Effects of whole body vibration with exercise therapy versus exercise therapy alone on flexibility, vertical jump height, agility and pain in athletes with patellofemoral pain: a randomized clinical trial

Table 3 Between-group comparisons of pre-post changes in vertical jump, flexibility, agility and pain intensity

Variable	WBV ^a + Exercise group (n = 12)		Exercise-only group(n = 12)		p-value	Effect size
Variable	(mean ± SD ^b)	95% CI (Upper bound- Lower bound	(mean ± SD ^b)	95% CI (Upper bound- Lower bound
Vertical jump (cm)	1.50 ± 1.00	2.13–0.86	1.16 ± 0.93	1.76–0.57	0.409	0.35
Flexibility (cm)	4.75 ± 1.48	5.69–3.80	1.58 ± 1.08	2.27–0.89	<0.001*	2.45
Agility (s)	−0.52 ± 0.35	−0.30 - -0.75	−0.41 ± 0.23	−0.26 - −0.56	0.388	−0.37
Pain (0–10)	−2.66 ± 0.88	−2.10 - -3.23	−2.25 ± 1.35	−1.38 - -3.11	0.385	−0.36

^a Whole body vibration, ^b Standard deviation, * Statistically significant change (p<0.05)

ISSN: 1471-2474