Table 4 Comparison of right foot load distribution before and after therapy in static test.

From: The influence of myofascial release on pain and selected indicators of flat foot in adults: a controlled randomized trial

 

Indicators

Group

Before therapy

After therapy

Between measurements comparison

\(\overline{x}\)

SD

\(\overline{x}\)

SD

Right foot

Lateral forefoot

MF

11.2

2.8

12.7

4.2

p = 0.106

E

11.2

3.7

10.0

2.7

p = 0.076

MFE

10.5

4.8

10.6

5.1

p = 0.941

C

13.3

4.4

11.8

4.3

p = 0.058

Between groups comparison

MF and E p = 0.381; MF and MFE p = 1.000; MF and C p = 1.000; E and MFE p = 1.000; E and C p = 1.000; MFE and C p = 1.000

 

Medial forefoot

MF

9.7

3.5

11.6

3.4

p = 0.004*

E

8.5

2.8

7.5

3.0

p = 0.101

MFE

9.8

4.3

8.7

4.7

p = 0.243

C

9.8

3.8

10.1

3.9

p = 0.594

Between groups comparison

MF and E p = 0.046*; MF and MFE p = 0.363; MF and C p = 1.000; E and MFE p = 1.000; E and C p = 0.548; MFE and C p = 1.000

 

Lateral midfoot

MF

4.3

3.0

4.3

2.1

p = 0.929

E

3.9

4.5

3.7

3.4

p = 0.441

MFE

4.1

5.0

4.2

4.4

p = 0.575

C

4.1

3.4

4.3

3.3

p = 0.646

Between groups comparison

MF and E p = 1.000; MF and MFE p = 1.000; MF and C p = 1.000; E and MFE p = 1.000; E and C p = 1.000; MFE and C p = 1.000

 

Medial midfoot

MF

0.8

1.3

0.9

1.7

p = 0.933

E

0.5

0.7

0.3

0.6

p = 0.398

MFE

0.4

0.5

0.7

1.0

p = 0.249

C

0.5

0.8

0.5

0.8

p = 0.735

Between groups comparison

MF and E p = 1.000; MF and MFE p = 1.000; MF and C p = 1.000; E and MFE; p = 1.000 E and C p = 1.000; MFE and C p = 1.000

 

Lateral hindfoot

MF

7.3

2.1

6.5

2.4

p = 0.233

E

8.5

3.8

9.5

4.0

p = 0.290

MFE

10.3

5.2

9.6

3.9

p = 0.598

C

8.3

2.8

7.2

2.8

p = 0.136

Between groups comparison

MF and E p = 1.000; MF and MFE p = 0.190; MF and C p = 1.000; E and MFE p = 1.000; E and C p = 0.738; MFE and C p = 0.630

 

Medial hindfoot

MF

13.9

3.2

11.7

4.6

p = 0.152

E

14.8

4.6

14.3

4.0

p = 0.697

MFE

15.6

3.6

15.4

4.0

p = 0.821

C

13.3

3.9

14.9

4.2

p = 0.091

Between groups comparison

MF and E p = 1.000; MF and MFE p = 0.230; MF and C p = 1.000; E and MFE p = 1.000; E and C p = 1.000; MFE and C p = 0.753

 

Front

MF

22.4

4.8

25.8

5.1

p = 0.007*

E

22.2

6.2

19.9

4.6

p = 0.042*

MFE

22.5

10.0

24.3

10.3

p = 0.291

C

24.6

8.1

23.3

8.4

p = 0.395

Between groups comparison

MF and E p = 0.077; MF and MFE p = 1.000; MF and C p = 1.000; E and MFE p = 0.591; E and C p = 0.859; MFE and C p = 1.000

 

Back

MF

24.6

4.2

22.2

6.3

p = 0.211

E

26.0

6.5

27.3

6.2

p = 0.419

MFE

28.7

6.8

28.1

6.8

p = 0.646

C

25.3

7.8

27.3

9.2

p = 0.192

Between groups comparison

MF and E p = 0.548; MF and MFE p = 0.230; MF and C p = 0.958; E and MFE p = 1.000; E and C p = 1.000; MFE and C p = 1.000

 
  1. MF myofascial release, E exercises, MFE myofascial release and exercises, C control; *Statistically significant.