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Table 2 Pain score (VAS) before and after exercise

From: Do obese patients with primary knee osteoarthritis benefit from a single bout of moderate intensity aerobic exercise?

VAS of pain

Pre-exercise baseline

Post-exercise

24-h post-exercise

% change in score median (range)ͣ

F

p value

5.07 ± 1.16

5.20 ± 1.27

4.47 ± 1.30

20 (− 25, 33.3)

13.45

0.001

  1. The intra-group comparison is shown before and after exercise. Data are expressed as mean values ± standard deviation. Parameters failing normal distribution (ͣ) are shown as median value and range (in brackets). The intra-group variability is determined by ANOVA test. Significance level of p value is ≤ 0.05