Results
There was no adverse events in both groups during 5-day course of treatment, and no withdrawal from Simeox physiotherapy.
Questionnaire results in both groups. Тables 2 8
Тable 2 | During the last 2 weeks how difficult it was to:
4-very difficult, 3-difficult, 2-a bit difficult, 1-not difficult
Patient
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Group
To do vigorous exercise (running etc.)
To walk one floor up the stairs
To carry or lift heavy objects
Simeox
Simeox
Simeox
Simeox
Simeox
Control
Control
Control
Control
Control
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
3
4
3
3
2
4
2
1
3
3
3
2
4
4
2
4
3
1
3
3
3
2
4
4
2
4
2
1
2
2
3
3
2
4
1
Day 1 Day 5 Day 1 Day 5 Day 1 Day 5
4
1
1
2
2
2
3
2
4
Format was performed to all Study group patients with a treatment duration of 20 25 minutes : 2 sessions per day, 1 morning and
1 evening, for 5 days.
Control group patients had traditional manual physiotherapy technique : 2 sessions per day, 1 morning and 1 evening, for 5 days.
There was no significant difference between the groups in questionnaire results.
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