## 3 Results
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\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c c c} \hline  & & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Control Group (\(n\) = 30)**} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Experimental Group (\(n\) = 30)**} \\ \hline  & **Pre-Test** & **Post-Test** & **Post-Test** & **Post-Test** & **Follow-Up** & **Pre-Test** & **Post-Test** & **Post-Test** & **Post-Test** & **Follow-Up** \\ \hline W-pain & 9.2 \(\pm\) 3.3 & 8.3 \(\pm\) & 7.8 \(\pm\) & 7.8 \(\pm\) & 8.1 \(\pm\) & 6.2 \(\pm\) & 6.0 \(\pm\) & 4.5 \(\pm\) & 6.1 \(\pm\) \\  & 2.8 \({}^{\circ}\) & 3.6 \({}^{\circ}\) & 3.3 \({}^{\circ}\) & 3.0 \({}^{\circ}\) & 9.1 \(\pm\) 2.6 & 2.7 \(\pm^{\downarrow}\) & 3.2 \(\pm^{\downarrow}\) & 2.6 \(\pm^{\downarrow,\uparrow}\) & 3.2 \(\pm^{\downarrow}\) \\ W-stiffness & 3.4 \(\pm\) 1.0 & 3.2 \(\pm\) & 3.1 \(\pm\) & 2.7 \(\pm\) & 3.1 \(\pm\) & 2.7 \(\pm\) & 2.7 \(\pm\) & 2.2 \(\pm\) & 2.5 \(\pm^{\downarrow}\) \\  & 1.4 \({}^{\mathrm{n}}\) & 1.4 \({}^{\mathrm{s}}\) & 1.5 \({}^{\mathrm{m}}\) & 1.3 \({}^{\mathrm{s}}\) & 0.9 \({}^{\mathrm{s}}\) & 1.5 \({}^{\mathrm{s}}\) & 1.6 \({}^{\mathrm{s},\mathrm{m}}\) & 1.3 \({}^{\mathrm{m}}\) \\ W-function & 31.7 \(\pm\) 12.3 & 29.5 \(\pm\) & 27.4 \(\pm\) & 23.6 \(\pm\) & 27.2 \(\pm\) & 23.6 \(\pm\) & 23.1 \(\pm\) & 16.8 \(\pm\) & 20.8 \(\pm\) \\  & 11.5 \({}^{\mathrm{n}}\) & 11.8 \({}^{\mathrm{s}}\) & 8.5 \({}^{\mathrm{s},\mathrm{m}}\) & 9.3 \({}^{\mathrm{s}}\) & 30.1 \(\pm\) 11.7 & 9.7 \({}^{\mathrm{s},\mathrm{m}}\) & 10.9 \({}^{\mathrm{s},\mathrm{m}}\) & 11.1 \({}^{\mathrm{s},\mathrm{m}}\) & 12.0 \(\pm^{\downarrow}\) \\ W-total & 44.4 \(\pm\) 15.9 & 41.0 \(\pm\) & 38.4 \(\pm\) & 34.2 \(\pm\) & 38.5 \(\pm\) & 32.6 \(\pm\) & 31.9 \(\pm\) & 23.6 \(\pm\) & 29.5 \(\pm\) \\  & 15.1 \({}^{\mathrm{s}}\) & 15.9 \({}^{\mathrm{s}}\) & 11.6 \({}^{\mathrm{s},\mathrm{m}}\) & 12.9 \({}^{\mathrm{s}}\) & 42.5 \(\pm\) 14.4 & 14.1 \({}^{\mathrm{s},\mathrm{m}}\) & 14.4 \({}^{\mathrm{s},\mathrm{m}}\) & 15.2 \(\pm^{\downarrow}\) \\ \hline  & & & & & & & & \\ \end{tabular} Data expressed as means \(\pm\) standard deviations; W, WOMAC. [PERSON]’s d (effect size): \(n\), negligible; s, small; m, moderate; l, large. \({}^{\star}\) Intragroup difference \(p<0.05\); \({}^{\mathrm{t}}\) intergroup difference \(p<0.05\).  
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Table 2: Functional disability comparison between study groups according to WOMAC questionnaire scores. \begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c} \hline  & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Control Group (\(n\) = 30)**} & \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Experimental Group (\(n\) = 30)**} \\ \hline  & **Rs** & **NRs** & **ARs** & **Rs** & **NRs** & **ARs** \\ \hline W-pain, no. (\%) & 10 (33.3) & 17 (56.7) & 3 (10.0) & 22 (73.3) \({}^{\ddagger}\) & 8 (26.7) \({}^{\ddagger}\) & 0 (0.0) \\ W-stiffness, no. (\%) & 13 (43.3) & 15 (50.0) & 2 (6.7) & 15 (50.0) & 14 (46.7) & 1 (3.3) \\ W-function, no. (\%) & 11 (36.7) & 16 (53.3) & 3 (10.0) & 9 (30.0) & 18 (60.0) & 3 (10.0) \\ W-total, no. (\%) & 13 (43.3) & 14 (46.7) & 3 (10.0) & 18 (60.0) & 12 (40.0) & 0 (0.0) \\ \hline  & & & & & & \\ \end{tabular}  W, WOMAC; no., number; %, percentage; Rs, responders; NRs, non-responders; ARs, adverse responders; \({}^{\ddagger}\) Rs, intergroup difference \(p<0.05\); \({}^{\ddagger}\) NRs, intergroup difference \(p<0.05\).  
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Table 3: Frequency of responders, non-responders, and adverse responders in the study groups.