Effects of Gua Sha therapy on thoracolumbar fascia thickness and clinical outcomes of patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain: A randomized controlled trial.

Medicine (Baltimore) · 2025 · PMC12419314 · PMID 40922243

Europe PMC DOI

hedged sentences

0.0500

closest p · 1.0× alpha

0.0500

boldest claim

The sentences

did not reach statistical significanceP > .05actually significant

The heart rate variability-related indicators did not reach statistical significance ( P > .05), but their trends were favorable.

also in 111,027 other papers

a decreasing trendno p-value reported

an increasing trendno p-value reported

The Gua Sha group exhibited a decreasing trend in their stress index, contrasting with an increasing trend observed in the control group.

also in 47,180 other papers

Quoted from the open-access full text in Europe PMC under the licence the publisher applied. The sentence is reproduced exactly as published; the emphasis is ours.