Table 3. Differences in VAS pain scores among groups over time.

	Group	Before	1 hour	4 hours	8 hours	24 hours
1	Control	7.11 ± 1.27	6.59 ± 1.45	6.48 ± 1.77	5.91 ± 2.26	5.22 ± 2.82
	Medication*	7.02 ± 1.04	4.91 ± 2.14	4.17 ± 2.20	5.02 ± 2.55	5.13 ± 2.79
	Taping**	6.91 ± 0.98	3.94 ± 1.84	1.67 ± 1.65	0.82 ± 1.07	0.36 ± 0.70
2	Control	7.26 ± 1.34	6.83 ± 1.37	6.17 ± 1.84	6.04 ± 2.13	5.35 ± 2.72
	Medication*	6.85 ± 1.03	4.98 ± 1.98	3.89 ± 1.95	4.78 ± 2.21	4.87 ± 2.47
	Taping**	7.15 ± 0.94	3.91 ± 1.65	1.42 ± 1.35	0.55 ± 1.06	0.27 ± 0.84

*p-values correspond to between group comparisons for the changes over time for each variable. **p<0.001: compared with the medication group. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation or N (%).