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p-value < 0.001 *† < 0.001 *† 0.019 *‡ 0.002 *‡ 0.012 *‡ < 0.001 *‡ < 0.001 *† 0.625 ‡

No symptom 103 (39.4) 134 (51.3) 145 (55.6) 91 (34.9) 177 (67.8) 34 (13.0) 32 (12.3) 226 (86.5)

Control group § (n = 261) Worsen 1 (0.4) 3 (1.2) 4 (1.5) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.4) 1 (0.4) 1 (0.4) 3 (1.2)

No change 132 (50.6) 88 (33.7) 97 (37.2) 160 (61.3) 73 (28.0) 209 (80.1) 167 (63.9) 31 (11.9)

Improved 25 (9.6) 36 (13.8) 15 (5.7) 10 (3.8) 10 (3.8) 17 (6.5) 61 (23.4) 1 (0.4)

p-value < 0.001 *† < 0.001 *† < 0.001 *† 0.001 *† < 0.001 *‡ < 0.001 *† < 0.001 *† 0.375 ‡
Effect of treatment on Lom-Jub-Pong-Hang-Kao symptoms compared within group

No symptom 113 (40.8) 137 (49.5) 134 (48.4) 84 (30.3) 175 (63.2) 29 (10.5) 46 (16.6) 242 (87.4)

Experimental group § (n = 277) Worsen No change 0 (0.0) 127 (45.8) 0 (0.0) 91 (32.8) 1 (0.4) 97 (35.0) 9 (3.2) 152 (54.9) 0 (0.0) 88 (31.8) 0 (0.0) 213 (76.9) 0 (0.0) 159 (57.4) 1 (0.4) 30 (10.8)

Improved 37 (13.4) 49 (17.7) 45 (16.2) 32 (11.6) 35 (12.6) 72 (26.0)
14 (5.0) 4 (1.4) * p < 0.05, † McNemar test, ‡ Binomial test, § Show as frequency (%)

Pain point on 1 st knee Pain point on 2 nd knee Pain point on 3 rd knee Patellar tendon stiffness Limited knee flexion

Table 3 Symptoms pressure points pressure points pressure points Knee bent Clicking sound Knee deformity