Table 4.
Comparison in temporal properties within the two groups.
| Fraction time (%) | Mean dwell time (TR) | Number of transitions | ||||||
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| State 1 | State 2 | State 3 | State 1 | State 2 | State 3 | |||
| The TATG group | Before treatment | 24.08 ± 19.70 | 21.73 ± 21.51 | 54.18 ± 29.54 | 12.38 ± 8.54 | 11.06 ± 9.55 | 35.08 ± 38.59 | 6.92 ± 3.42 |
| After treatment | 28.55 ± 15.55 | 24.96 ± 15.71 | 46.49 ± 15.94 | 14.61 ± 6.88 | 14.25 ± 9.03 | 21.35 ± 10.97 | 8.11 ± 2.59 | |
| t | -1.133 | -0.805 | 1.716 | -1.068 | -1.456 | 2.096 | -1.563 | |
| P | 0.268 | 0.428 | 0.098 | 0.296 | 0.158 | 0.046∗ | 0.131 | |
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| The SATG group | Before treatment | 21.62 ± 21.92 | 15.63 ± 18.23 | 62.75 ± 28.28 | 11.39 ± 10.63 | 8.74 ± 10.70 | 44.37 ± 46.14 | 6.5 ± 3.83 |
| After treatment | 22.82 ± 19.67 | 23.30 ± 23.09 | 53.88 ± 23.96 | 12.42 ± 8.53 | 15.14 ± 15.60 | 33.50 ± 36.39 | 6.5 ± 3.27 | |
| t | -0.189 | -1.588 | 1.622 | -0.296 | -2.313 | 1.113 | 0 | |
| P | 0.853 | 0.136 | 0.129 | 0.772 | 0.038∗ | 0.286 | 1 | |
Values were expressed as mean ± standard deviation. TATG: true acupuncture treatment group; SATG: sham acupuncture treatment group. The P value represents the difference before and after treatment in the TATG group or the SATG group. ∗ represents P < 0.05.