Table 3.
Pressure pain threshold
| Group | Time | BL23 | BL24 | BL25 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | ||
| Intervention group (n = 18) | T0 | 4.93 ± 1.52 | 5.26 ± 1.54 | 4.88 ± 1.51 | 5.01 ± 1.42 | 4.42 ± 1.42 | 4.45 ± 1.37 |
| T1 | 6.34 ± 1.71c | 6.42 ± 1.84c | 6.15 ± 1.68c | 6.20 ± 1.92c | 6.02 ± 1.78c | 5.92 ± 1.76c | |
| T4 | 6.03 ± 2.01b | 6.16 ± 1.91b | 5.99 ± 2.06b | 5.79 ± 2.02b | 5.63 ± 1.81b | 5.69 ± 2.01b | |
| Control group (n = 18) | T0 | 5.02 ± 1.49 | 5.07 ± 1.54 | 5.07 ± 1.73 | 4.92 ± 1.62 | 4.73 ± 1.57 | 4.86 ± 1.63 |
| T1 | 5.20 ± 1.57a | 5.16 ± 1.53a | 5.03 ± 1.62a | 4.87 ± 1.55a | 4.87 ± 1.56a | 4.72 ± 1.73a | |
| T4 | 5.40 ± 1.67 | 5.39 ± 1.68 | 5.38 ± 1.61 | 5.38 ± 1.64 | 5.05 ± 1.83 | 5.06 ± 1.77 | |
BL23: Shenshu; BL24: Qihaishu; BL25: Dachangshu. T0: baseline; T1: at the first treatment; T4: at 4 weeks treatment. Date was presented as mean (standard deviation); Independent samples t test and paired sample t test. Inter-group: aP < 0.05; intra-group (T4 vs T0): bP < 0.05; (T1 vs T0): cP < 0.05.