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Table 2.

Comparison of Skeletal muscle pain in the two groups of Parkinson's disease patients ($\bar{x}±s$）

Group	Treatment timing	Sample	KPPS score (points）	VAS score (points）
Intervention group	0 week	30	25.47±4.47	5.87±0.39
Intervention group	4 weeks	30	13.67±2.94^ab	3.73±0.23^ab
Control group	0 week	29	18.67±1.61	4.93±0.32
Control group	4 weeks	29	19.00±1.64	4.87±0.29

Notes: control group: park tube + millimeter needle; intervention group: electroacupuncture. KPPS: King's Parkinson's Pain Scale; VAS: visual analogue score. Compared with the same group at 0 week, ^aP < 0.05; compared with the control group at same time, ^bP < 0.05.