Table 4.
Results at the End of 3 Months of Follow-up (Subjects Treated Once)
| Subjects | Time | Daily Activities | Hours in Bed | Cox Score 1 (Duration of Pain) |
Cox Score 2 (Intensity of Pain) |
Analgesic tablets | Consumption of herbs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | n | (%) | ||
| Normal | Limited | Suspended | |||||||||||
|
All (n = 23) |
Before | 0 | (0.0) | 6 | (26.1) | 17 | (73.9) | 11.6 ± 10.3 | 24.3 ± 6.9 | 19.5 ± 7.9 | 4.3 ± 3.0 | 9 | (39.1) |
| End follow up | 5 | (21.7) | 13 | (56.5) | 5 | (21.7) | 4.4 ± 3.7 | 13.0 ± 7.7 | 10.5 ± 5.7 | 1.8 ± 2.1 | 5 | (21.7) | |
|
Chinese (n = 12) |
Before | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (16.7) | 10 | (83.3) | 13.3 ± 11.1 | 23.2 ± 4.3 | 17.7 ± 4.3 | 2.8 ± 2.6 | 6 | (50.0) |
| After | 0 | (0.0) | 11 | (91.7) | 1 | (8.3) | 4.7 ± 3.3 | 11.8 ± 6.4 | 10.3 ± 4.9 | 1.4 ± 1.9 | 2 | (16.7) | |
|
Italian (n = 11) |
Before | 0 | (0.0) | 4 | (36.4) | 7 | (63.6) | 9.9 ± 9.7 | 25.6 ± 9.1 | 21.5 ± 10.4 | 5.9 ± 2.5 | 3 | (27.3) |
| After | 5 | (45.4) | 2 | (18.2) | 4 | (36.4) | 4.2 ± 4.2 | 14.4 ± 9.0 | 10.7 ± 6.8 | 2.2 ± 2.3 | 3 | (27.3) | |