Table 4.

Details of minor adverse events associated with treatments reported during the treatment period by the patients in the study

Adverse events
	Standard Group (n = 130)	Acupuncture Group (n = 125)	Stabilising exercise group (n = 131)
Number of adverse events	8 in 8 women	64 in 43 women	22 in 22 women
Painful treatment	-	23 experienced pain from needles	-
Worsening of PGP	During and after exercises (n = 2)	During the same day that they had received treatment (n = 15)	During the exercises (n = 2)
Back pain	-	-	Thoracic pain (n = 1) LBP in the beginning of the treatment (n = 17)
Treatment discomfort-table	Rubbing from pelvic belt (n = 5)	Unpleasant treatment (n = 5)	-
Drowsiness after treatment	-	(n = 12)	-
Psychological and emotional reactions	-	Intense emotional release, (feeling energised) (n = 1)	-
Miscellaneous symptoms	Uterine contractions during exercise (n = 1)	Headache plus severe drowsiness the same day as the treatment and the day after (n = 1); headache the day of the treatment (n = 1); rash developed on the place of the needles a few days after treatment (n = 2); severe nausea with feeling faint, sweating and dizziness (n = 4).	Premature bleeding (n = 1); premature contractions (n = 1)