Table 2.
Descriptive Statistics (Mean ± SD) for the Measures (NPS, PPT) Before and Immediately After Each Treatment Session in Both Groups
| Variable | Group | First Session |
Second Session |
Third Session |
Fourth Session | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Before | After | Before | After | |||
| NPS | DN | 7.96 ± 1.52 | 7.85 ± 2.24 | 6.42 ± 1.98 | 7.5 ± 1.95 | 5.2 ± 2.45 | 6.07 ± 2.01 | 4.78 ± 2.4 |
| IC | 8.26 ± 1.71 | 7.55 ± 2.17 | 7.35 ± 1.94 | 6.35 ± 2.05 | 5.91 ± 2.3 | 5.17 ± 2.65 | 4.88 ± 2.34 | |
| PPT | DN | 10.61 ± 4.01 | 10.46 ± 4.88 | 13.07 ± 4.88 | 11.47 ± 3.7 | 13.94 ± 4.89 | 12.87 ± 3.7 | 16.43 ± 4.66 |
| IC | 10.87 ± 3.9 | 12.63 ± 4.36 | 12.43 ± 4.25 | 13.97 ± 4.60 | 13.46 ± 4.77 | 15.55 ± 5.33 | 14.5 ± 4.44 | |
DN, dry needling; IC, ischemic compression; NPS, numeric pain scale; PPT, pressure pain threshold (higher is better); SD, standard deviation.