Comprehensive assessment of heavy slow resistance training and high-dose therapeutic ultrasound in managing patellar tendinopathy, a randomized single-blind controlled trial

Table 4 Changes in selected indicators before and after intervention(values are means ± SD)

	Combined group (N = 17)	HSR group (N = 17)	TUS group (N = 17)	P-Value	F
VAS-baseline(points)	6.8 ± 1.6	7.0 ± 1.5	6.7 ± 1.2	0.8	0.22
VAS-8w(points)	2.1 ± 1.0**^&##	2.9 ± 1.1**	3.3 ± 0.9**	0.002	6.9
YBT-baseline(ratio)	0.88 ± 0.07	0.93 ± 0.08	0.92 ± 0.07	0.13	2.11
YBT-8w(ratio)	0.97 ± 0.08**	0.99 ± 0.07**	0.96 ± 0.08**	0.43	0.92
MTT-baseline(degrees)	51.6 ± 1.3	51.7 ± 2.2	52.4 ± 1.9	0.4	0.9
MTT-8w(degrees)	54.8 ± 1.7**^#	54.4 ± 2.2**	52.8 ± 2.0	0.009	5.18
MIMS-baseline(kg)	216.7 ± 56.0	254.4 ± 36.9	235.6 ± 46.1	0.07	2.73
MIMS-8w(kg)	295.4 ± 73.6**	326.7 ± 78.8**	282.4 ± 90.3*	0.27	1.33
Horizontal Jump-baseline(cm)	225.3 ± 25.7	231.1 ± 22.91	229.5 ± 32.09	0.81	0.20
Horizontal Jump-8w(cm)	232.1 ± 18.0	231.3 ± 21.5	231.1 ± 27.1	0.65	0.008

** means Pair t test significantly different from baseline(p<0.01)
*means Pair t test significantly different from baseline(p<0.05)
^# means Tukey’s multiple comparisons test significantly different from TUS group(p<0.05)
^##means Tukey’s multiple comparisons test significantly different from TUS group(p<0.01)
^&means Tukey’s multiple comparisons test significantly different from HSR group(p<0.05)

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