Table 2

Spearman correlations for pain scores, blood pressures and pulse/heart rate for various twitch forces against number of treatments

Treatment #Resting
Significance r (p)
n=202
Treatment #TWF2
Significance r (p)
n=202
Treatment #TWF3
Significance r (p)
n=202
Treatment #TWF4
Significance r (p)
n=202
Treatment # TWF5
Significance r (p)
 n=202
Pain score not applicable not applicable 0.30 (0.00) −0.36 (0.00) −0.85 (0.00)
SBP0.07 (0.35) −0.66 (0.00) −0.22 (0.00) −0.62 (0.00) −0.39 (0.00)
DBP−0.05 (0.51) −0.34 (0.00) −0.67 (0.00) −0.59 (0.00) −0.07 (0.31)
Pulse 0.19 (0.00) 0.16 (0.03) −0.03 (0.64) −0.36 (0.00) −0.39 (0.00)
  • Bold figures, statistically significant (p<0.05)

  • DBP, diastolic blood pressure; r, correlation coefficient; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TWF, twitch force.