Therapeutic effect of manual massage on early postpartum rectus abdominis separation and postpartum depression

Table 2 Comparison of distance between rectus abdominis muscles

Group	n	3 cm above umbilicus		Navel midline		3 cm below umbilicus
		Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment	Before treatment	After treatment
Group S	35	3.24 ± 0.51	1.86 ± 0.24	3.75 ± 0.66	2.01 ± 0.33	2.23 ± 0.56	1.71 ± 0.32
Group L	35	3.23 ± 0.93	1.65 ± 0.31	3.67 ± 1.09	1.78 ± 0.18	2.43 ± 0.66	1.55 ± 0.19
t value		0.056	3.169	0.371	3.777	1.367	2.486
P value		0.996	0.002	0.711	< 0.001	0.176	0.015