Research Article
Positive Effect of a Cooling Cap on Functional Performance in Thermosensitive People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 2
Comparison of experimental and sham cooling.
| | Parameter | Local negative thermotherapy (experimental)
| Sham cooling (control)
| Comparing the differences | | Baseline mean (SD) | After intervention mean (SD) | Difference mean (SD) | Baseline mean (SD) | After intervention mean (SD) | Difference mean (SD) | value |
| | T25FW (sec) | 9.67 (7.84) | 8.53 (5.87) | 1.19 (2.33) | 9.53 (7.59) | 9.55 (6.48) | -0.02 (2.6) | 0.011 | | 2MWT (meters) | 121.70 (42.31) | 129.37 (39.21) | 9.1 (12.2) | 119.91 (40.46) | 123.83 (41.09) | 4.9 (7.3) | 0.086 | | 9HPT-dominant (sec) | 28.74 (13.98) | 25.79 (8.68) | 3.1 (6.5) | 28.88 (12.98) | 28.29 (12.12) | 0.5 (2) | 0.033 | | 9HPT-non dominant (sec) | 28.01 (13.15) | 26.64 (12.87) | 1.3 (1.1) | 29.21 (15.01) | 28.78 (14.36) | 0.4 (2.5) | 0.156 | | SDMT (points) | 50.19 (11.45) | 57.09 (11.83) | 6.9 (4.0) | 51.1 (10.27) | 55.7 (11.85) | 4.6 (3.8) | 0.371 |
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Values in bold indicate significantly meaningful change.
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