Table 3.

Changes of T2 values (ms)

Regions	Acupuncture group n = 48		Physiotherapy group n = 46
	Baseline	4th Weekend	Baseline	4th Weekend
MFc	55.77±16.19	56.63±13.58	53.41±7.01	54.39±7.56
MFp	64.17±13.71	62.29±11.29	64.83±12.18	63.61±10.45
MTa	52.04±11.44	49.90±8.86*	54.54±6.70	55.48±8.90
MTc	52.42±14.30	52.38±12.04	51.46±6.86	52.87±9.79
MTp	47.98±5.48	47.75±5.32	52.85±11.47	53.17±8.57
LFc	51.75±5.21	52.44±6.52	53.83±7.84	55.28±9.61
LFp	68.25±13.53	66.88±13.58	67.30±11.92	68.17±13.56
LTa	55.83±11.31	53.96±9.07▲	54.37±10.89	55.70±9.99
LTc	51.98±15.81	51.40±13.48	58.28±10.99	59.07±13.06
LTp	47.83±4.32	47.65±4.27	54.89±7.40	55.50±9.88

^* P = 0.040, compared with the baseline;

^▲ P = 0.030, compared with the baseline.