Instrumented assisted soft tissue mobilization vs extracorporeal shock wave therapy in treatment of myofascial pain syndrome

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the mean values of age, weight, height, body mass index, and sex distribution of all patients in both groups

	Group A	Group B	t value	P value	Significance
	n = 20	n = 20
Age in yr	31.20 ± 4.15	29.10 ± 5.12	1.43	0.16	NS
Weight	72.55 ± 7.65	73.35 ± 14.23	-0.22	0.83	NS
Height	168.40 ± 5.90	169.05 ± 9.83	-0.25	0.80	NS
BMI in kg/m2	25.50 ± 2.25	24.80 ± 2.29	0.98	0.34	NS
Sex distribution	20% male and 80% female	40% male and 60% female	χ2 = 1.91	0.17	NS

NS: Non-significant; BMI: Body mass index. Group A: Patients treated with instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization; Group B: Patients treated with extracorporeal shock wave therapy.