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Table. 2.

Table. 2. Table 2

Comparison of muscle tone and stiffness according to each group

		IASTM group (n= 13)		NDYT group (n= 13)		t	p

		pre	post	pre	post
TA	Tone (Hz)	19.63± 3.54^†	18.24± 3.72	19.61± 2.06	18.76± 2.96	0.054	0.585
	Stiffness (N)	356.23± 64.01	338.53± 59.62	310.61± 50.35	309.61± 55.59	1.563	0.131
GM	Tone (Hz)	14.02± 2.76	14.22± 1.86	16.82± 3.38	15.12± 2.43	-2.266	0.033^*
	Stiffness (N)	272.30± 38.91	270.53± 28.81	281.92± 44.64	267.23± 32.79	-1.560	0.132
ST	Tone (Hz)	15.66± 2.57	13.93± 1.21	15.72± 2.16	15.90± 2.50	2.856	0.009^*
	Stiffness (N)	295.07± 45.38	263.69± 29.67	272.38± 20.88	277.53± 31.89	3.992	0.001^*

^†mean±standard deviation(SD).

IASTM: Instrumental Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization, NDYT: Neural dynamic Technique, TA: tibialis anterior, GM: gastrocnemius medial region, ST: semitendinosus. ^*p<0.05.

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