Table 4 Results of repeated-measures analysis of variance for the outcomes of treatment between patients who received AcuKT (n = 27) and those who received acupuncture (n = 29) for acute lateral ankle sprain

4.79 ± 2.02

1.62 ± 0.62

1.58 ± 1.89

303.30

1.66

182.28

125.67

<0.001

4.11 ± 1.40

1.56 ± 0.64

0.97 ± 1.04

0.50

1.66

0.30

0.21

0.774

0.48 ± 0.78

2.31 ± 1.86

0.26 ± 0.57

2.97

2

1.48

8.98

<0.001

0.56 ± 0.64

1.90 ± 1.45

0.19 ± 0.43

0.14

2

0.07

0.41

0.662

9.90 ± 2.83

7.76 ± 2.32

7.00 ± 2.19

288.60

1.61

179.50

49.33

<0.001

9.41 ± 2.37

7.19 ± 1.94

6.04 ± 1.45

1.79

1.61

1.11

0.305

0.689

318.32 ± 76.72

385.00 ± 77.90

416.25 ± 74.24

338,926.08

1.56

169,463.04

107.76

<0.001

322.11 ± 65.78

402.44 ± 60.10

439.65 ± 50.27

2827.45

1.56

18,100.11

0.90

0.389

69.91 ± 16.52

82.10 ± 13.94

86.30 ± 13.51

10,221.41

1.69

6064.62

58.88

<0.001

68.01 ± 14.46

81.44 ± 12.16

89.01 ± 10.97

159.70

1.69

94.76

0.92

0.388

68.24 ± 17.18

80.90 ± 16.14

86.17 ± 16.33

11,962.24

1.53

7832.55

78.00

<0.001

69.39 ± 15.52

84.41 ± 11.75

91.92 ± 8.96

147.87

1.53

96.82

0.96

0.365

77.38 ± 16.17

87.06 ± 13.84

92.37 ± 10.98

8533.93

1.57

5428.96

61.82

<0.001

75.93 ± 14.75

90.03 ± 10.32

95.00 ± 6.71

168.90

1.57

107.45

1.22

0.292

52.17 ± 19.99

70.52 ± 20.63

79.66 ± 17.83

27,533.87

1.55

17,764.44

81.35

<0.001

50.56 ± 25.34

74.27 ± 17.24

84.43 ± 14.57

329.04

1.55

212.29

0.97

0.363

50.63 ± 25.35

64.41 ± 24.78

71.76 ± 24.30

12,868.12

2

6364.06

28.09

<0.001

58.22 ± 21.23

72.29 ± 23.30

79.28 ± 16.16

0.96

2

1.97

0.002

0.998