Myofascial Trigger Points Therapy Modifies Thermal Map of Gluteal Region

Table 2

Therapy-mediated myofascial trigger points temperature changes.

	Mean temperature of myofascial trigger points (°C)				ANOVA ( value)	Post hoc Tukey ( value)
	Before therapy (A)	After therapy (B)	15 minutes after therapy (C)	30 minutes after therapy (D)
All	33.21 ± 1.36	33.54 ± 1.23	34.1 ± 1.22	34.08 ± 1.43	0.02	A < B	0.75
						A < C	0.04
						A < D	0.06
						B < C	0.35
						B < D	0.4
						C < D	1.00
Males	33.46 ± 1.03	33.76 ± 1	34.51 ± 0.95	34.52 ± 1.21	0.02	A < B	0.86
						A < C	0.05
						A < D	0.04
						B < C	0.25
						B < D	0.24
						C < D	1.00
Females	32.95 ± 1.49	33.28 ± 1.31	33.7 ± 1.25	33.63 ± 1.41	0.49	—
ΔT1 (°C)	0.51	0.43	0.81	0.89	—	—
value	0.31	0.34	0.07	0.09	—	—

Note: ¹temperature difference between males and females.