Table 4.

Rectal distention threshold comparison

Item	First sensation threshold						Defecation urge threshold						Pain detection threshold
	Before Treatment		After Treatment		Difference		Before Treatment		After Treatment		Difference		Before Treatment		After Treatment		Difference
	Mean ± S.E	95% CI	Mean ± S.E	95% CI	Mean ± S.E	95% CI	Mean ± S.E	95% CI	Mean ± S.E	95% CI	Mean ± S.E	95% CI	Mean ± S.E	95% CI	Mean ± S.E	95% CI	Mean ± S.E	95% CI
Moxibustion group (n = 15)	22.27 ± 2.052	[21.13,23.40]	22.67 ± 0.63	[21.32,24.0]	0.40 ± 0.81	[−1.34,2.14]	40.07 ± 3.23	[33.13,47.00]	63.47 ± 2.01▲	[59.15,67.78]	23.40 ± 2.88★	[17.23,29.57]	89.07 ± 5.01	[78.33,99.81]	113.6 ± 7.51●	[97.48,129.72]	24.53 ± 5.78○	[12.14,36.92]
Control group (n = 13)	22.31 ± 3.351	[20.28,24.33]	21.69 ± 1.17	[19.14,24.2]	−0.62 ± 1.5	[−0.43,2.80]	41.31 ± 1.89	[37.19,45.42]	44.15 ± 1.55	[40.78,47.58]	2.85 ± 1.68	[−0.80,6.50]	89.62 ± 2.85	[83.41,95.82]	93.46 ± 2.67	[87.64,99.28]	3.85 ± 2.84	[−2.33,10.02]

Compared with baseline, ▲ p = 0.000, compared with the control group, ▲ p = 0.000, ★ p = 0.000.

Compared with baseline, ● p = 0.001, compared with the control group, ● p = 0.022, ○ p = 0.005.