Effect of Ultrasonic Penetration with Volatile Oil of Olibanum and Chuanxiong Rhizoma on Acute Knee Synovitis Induced by Sports Training: An Open-Label Randomized Controlled Study
Table 1
Normality test results.
Item
Test group (n = 52)
Control group (n = 64)
Statistic
df
value
Statistic
df
value
Age
0.795
62
<0.001
0.883
52
<0.001
Height
0.975
62
0.230
0.975
52
0.348
Weight
0.973
62
0.185
0.967
52
0.150
BMI
0.976
62
0.268
0.960
52
0.081
VAS
Before-treatment
0.849
62
<0.001
0.872
52
<0.001
After-treatment
0.675
62
<0.001
0.920
52
0.002
Lysholm score
Before-treatment
0.947
62
0.009
0.904
52
0.001
After-treatment
0.825
62
<0.001
0.825
52
<0.001
Range of motion of the injured knee
Before-treatment
0.845
62
<0.001
0.875
52
<0.001
After-treatment
0.967
62
0.089
0.805
52
<0.001
Circumference of the injured knee
Before-treatment
0.972
62
0.163
0.905
52
0.001
After-treatment
0.978
62
0.336
0.881
52
<0.001
BMI: body mass index; VAS: visual analogue scale. The normality was assessed via Shapiro–Wilk test.
