Effect of Kinesio tape and Compression sleeves on delayed onset of muscle soreness: a single-blinded randomized controlled trial

Table 3 Comparative analysis among groups of VAS, IL-6, PT/BW, WF

		Overall		CG vs CSG	CG vs KTG	CG vs CSKTG	CSG vs KTG	CSG vs CSKTG	KTG vs CSKTG
		F	p	P	P	P	P	P	P
VAS	0 h	9.343	0.001^**	0.043^*	0.015^*	0.001^**	0.963	0.387	0.680
	24 h	33.133	0.001^**	0.001^**	0.001^**	0.001^**	0.453	0.001^**	0.028^*
	48 h	62.620	0.001^**	0.001^**	0.001^**	0.001^**	0.387	0.004^**	0.023^*
	72 h	20.311	0.001^**	0.001^**	0.001^**	0.001^**	0.244	0.036^*	0.774
IL-6	BL	0.09	0.964
	0 h	1.519	0.231
	24 h	8.169	0.002**	0.392	0.301	0.042*	0.996	0.063	0.009**
	48 h	9.482	0.001**	0.266	0.045*	0.001**	0.798	0.011*	0.089
PT/BW	BL	0.302	0.823
	0 h	1.294	0.296
	24 h	9.447	0.001**	0.010*	0.001**	0.001**	0.710	0.570	0.996
	48 h	3.712	0.023*	0.109	0.059	0.027*	0.991	0.914	0.985
	72 h	4.761	0.008**	0.073	0.024*	0.010*	0.959	0.828	0.984
WF	BL	0.234	0.872
	0 h	0.518	0.674
	24 h	5.551	0.004**	0.257	0.012*	0.006**	0.476	0.315	0.990
	48 h	5.933	0.003**	0.082	0.012*	0.003**	0.839	0.535	0.952
	72 h	3.713	0.023**	0.139	0.089	0.019*	0.996	0.799	0.902

BL Baseline, 0 h Immediately after intervention; 24 h: 24 h; 48 h: 48 h; 72 h: 72 h
*: P<0.05 for comparison between groups
**: P<0.01 for comparison between groups

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