Use of a device that applies external kneading-like force on the abdomen for treatment of constipation

Table 1 Bowel movements per week for every patient and for the whole group. Application of the Wilcoxon’s test for paired samples.

Pt. #	Baseline		Treatment		Increase %
	BM/week		BM/week
	Average	SD	Average	SD
1	1.3	0.58	2.9	0.29	119
2	1.3	0.58	6.6	1	394
3	1.3	0.58	3.3	0.65	150
4	2.7	0.58	6.9	1.31	159
5	1	0	2.9	0.79	192
6	1	0	3.9	1	292
7	2.0	1.00	3.8	0.83	92
8	1.3	0.58	3.7	0.65	175
9	1	0	3.4	0.79	242
10	1	0	4.1	0.9	308
11	1.3	0.58	4	1.13	200
12	1.7	0.58	3.3	0.87	95
13	1	0	3.4	0.79	242
14	1.3	0.58	4.3	1.07	225
15	1	0	4.3	1.29	325
16	2	1	4	0.95	100
17	2	1	3.8	1.47	92
18	2.7	0.58	4.3	1.36	59
19	1	0	4.6	0.67	358
20	1	0	4.2	0.39	317
21	1.3	0.58	3.6	0.67	169
22	1	0	3.8	0.62	275
23	1.3	0.58	3.5	0.67	163
24	1	0.71	4.8	1.9	383
25	1.3	1.41	4.7	1.66	250
26	1	0	2.9	0.29	192
27	1	0	2.9	0.29	192
28	1	0	2.9	0.29	192
29	1	0	3	0	200
30	1	0	2.9	0.29	192
Average	1.4	0.4	3.9	0.8	211
P<5×10-7