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. 2023 Oct 25;28:457. doi: 10.1186/s40001-023-01438-3

Table 2.

Assessment of pain intensity, cognition, disability, and insomnia between rehabilitation and ILIB treatment groups

Variable Pre-treatment Post-treatment 1 month post-treatment
Rehab ILIB Rehab ILIB Rehab ILIB
VAS for pain (mean ± SD) 4.89 (2.55) 5.07 (1.59) 3.33 (2.78) 2.63 (1.74)b 3.61 (2.69) 3.30 (2.32)c
MOCA (mean ± SD) 24.56 (5.34) 27.13 (2.03) 25.11 (5.09) 28.33 (1.18)b 25.67 (5.12) 28.60 (1.68)c
MIDAS (mean ± SD) 74.67 (74.17) 30.40 (33.29) 62.33 (56.04) 32.2 (50.82) 30.67 (31.85) 10.13 (18.62)c
AIS (mean ± SD) 8.67 (5.87) 8.06 (4.42) 6.78 (7.03) 3.60 (2.85)b 6.33 (4.44) 3.80 (4.16)a,c

ILIB, intravascular laser irradiation of blood; VAS, Visual Analog Scale; MOCA, Montreal Cognitive Assessment; MIDAS, Migraine Disability Assessment; AIS, Athens Insomnia Scale

aA p-value of < 0.05 was significant in the experiment group of 1 month post-ILIB compared to the control group of 1 month post-ILIB

bA p-value of < 0.05 was significant in the experiment group of Psot-ILIB compared to the experiment group of Pre-ILIB

cA p-value of < 0.05 was significant in the experiment group of 1 month psot-ILIB compared to the experiment group of Pre-ILIB