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Numerical pain score for all 48 inpatient acupuncture sessions. Black box showed numerical pain score before acupuncture therapy and gray box showed numerical pain score after acupuncture. Numerical pain score prior to acupuncture was significantly decreased immediately after acupuncture treatment (6 vs. 2) with an average pain reduction of 2 points on the numeric pain scale (p< 0.0001).
