Table 2.

Results of treatment

	Cont. (n= 31)	Exp. (n= 23)	P-value
No. rib fx	3.19 (1–7)	4.91 (1–9)	0.008
VAS score (initial)	8.16 (2–10)	9.43 (4–10)	0.200
Post-Tx VAS score (immediately)	7.42 (2–10)	5.39 (0–9)	0.007
Post-Tx VAS score (1 d)	6.16 (2–10)	5.04 (1–10)	0.240
Post-Tx VAS score (7 d)	3.81 (1–8)	3.65 (1–5)	0.944
Hospital stay (d)	9.35 (2–49)	10.61 (4–22)	0.133

Cont., control; Exp., experimental.