Table 1. Descriptive statistics (mean ± standard deviation) of the groups.

	MTDN (n = 15)	CG (n = 15
Men (n)	11	12
Women (n)	4	3
Age (years old)	24.3 ± 3.2	26.6 ± 4.4
Height (cm)	176.1 ± 11.6	176.6 ± 9.6
Body mass (kg)	68.7 ± 13.8	79.3 ± 16.0
Body mass index (kg/m2)	22.6 ± 1.5	26.1 ± 3.6
Experience (years)	7.0 ± 2.0	11.4 ± 4.9

MTDN: manual therapy + dry needling; CG: control group