A quasi-randomized clinical trial: virtual reality versus proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation for postmastectomy lymphedema

Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute

Table 4 Relationship between the EAV percentage improvement and percentage functional improvement and patient handedness, menopausal status, and stage of lymphedema

	EAV percentage improvement
	VR group			PNF group
	Mean ± SD		p value	Mean ± SD		p value
Handedness	Yes	No		Yes	No
Handedness	22.76 ± 20.79	30.70 ± 27.47	0.694	28.17 ± 23.02	2.52 ± 64.33	0.753
Menopause	Pre	Post		Pre	Post
Menopause	10.78 ± 12.66	32.17 ± 24.43	0.177	7.25 ± 68.36	26.45 ± 21.31	0.949
Stage of lymphedema	Stage I	Stage II		Stage I	Stage II
Stage of lymphedema	31.64 ± 25.15	12.24 ± 10.94	0.177	24.06 ± 49.80	18.21 ± 18.97	0.189
	QuickDASH-9 score percentage improvement
	Group A			Group B
	Mean ± SD		p value	Mean ± SD		p value
Handedness	Yes	No		Yes	No
Handedness	31.46 ± 9.78	36.16 ± 23.20	0.779	14.95 ± 17.43	33.19 ± 23.54	0.177
Menopause	Pre	Post		Pre	Post
Menopause	37.12 ± 13.81	32.39 ± 18.29	0.571	22.45 ± 18.86	18.86 ± 21.38	0.851
Stage of lymphedema	Stage I	Stage II		Stage I	Stage II
Stage of lymphedema	33.96 ± 17.98	32.83 ± 15.78	0.949	25.29 ± 18.47	13.56 ± 21.51	0.336