Effect of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization combined with blood flow restriction training on function, pain and strength of patients with patellofemoral joint pain

Table 8 Results of the comparison between the changes in test values and the mean values at three time points of the VAS rating scale

	Before treatment	After the first treatment	After 4 weeks of treatment	Multiple are comparable
	M ± SD	M ± SD	M ± SD	Multiple are comparable
Test group	23.23 ± 13.91^#	4.00 ± 4.30^*#&α	2.77 ± 3.22^*&α	Before treatment > after the first treatment > after 4 weeks of treatment
Control group	14.54 ± 5.98^#&	8.69 ± 6.37^*#&α	2.92 ± 5.75^*α	Before treatment > after the first treatment > after 4 weeks of treatment

Tables were analysed using repeated measures ANOVA
^*Represents significant difference in change in VAS scores compared to pre-treatment (p < 0.05)
^#Represents significant change between test and control groups (p < 0.05)
^&Represents no significant change in comparison between time points within groups (p > 0.05)
^αRepresents a significant change between after the first treatment and after 4 weeks of treatment (p < 0.05); M ± SD indicates mean ± standard deviation

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