Efficacy of pediatric integrative manual therapy in positional plagiocephaly: a randomized controlled trial

Table 3 Table summarizing the variables with descriptive and comparative data on their differences between final values-baseline values.

Descriptive and comparative of the differences between final values-baseline values
Variables	PIMT Group n = 15	Control Group n = 17	Sig.	Cohen’s d effect size
MCC ^a (cm)	2.16 ± 0.69	1.35 ± 0.75	0.004*	1.12
Cranial Length ^a (mm)	7.57 ± 2.33	4.25 ± 2.47	0.001*	1.39
Cranial Width ^a (mm)	5.42 ± 4.24	3.97 ± 3.11	0.277	0.39
Long diagonal cranial diameter ^b (mm)	5.33 (2.33; 6.50)	4.93 ± 2.58	0.610	0.23
Short diagonal cranial diameter ^a (mm)	8.88 ± 3.27	5.04 ± 2.71	0.001*	1.28
CVA ^a (mm)	−4.39 ± 1.51	−0.11 ± 2.14	0.000*	2.32
CI ^a (%)	−0.85 ± 3.63	−0.16 ± 2.00	0.516	0.24
CVAI ^a (%)	−3.72 ± 1.40	−0.34 ± 1.72	0.000*	2.16

PIMT (Pediatric Integrative Manual Therapy). MCC (Maximal Cranial Circumference). CVA (Cranial Vault Asymmetry). CI (Cranial Index). CVAI (Cranial Vault Asymmetry Index). ^a Statistical analysis using the Student t-test; ^b Statistical analysis using the Mann-Whitney U test; * Significant p value

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