Table 3.
Primary outcome measure: pain on visual analogue scale related to motion one week after treatment compared with baseline measurements
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Standard group
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Acupuncture group
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Stabilising exercise group
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Group comparisons
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| Pain | No | Median (25th-75th centile) | No | Median (25th-75th centile) | No | Median (25th-75th centile) | Comparison | Differences of medians (95% CI) | *P values |
| Morning: | |||||||||
| Baseline | 131 | 23 (13-41) | 125 | 23 (15-44) | 130 | 22 (13-43) | |||
| One week after treatment | 108 | 27 (12-58) | 107 | 15 (7-29) | 106 | 18 (9-37) | S-ACU:
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12 (5.9 to 17.3)
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<0.001
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| S-SE:
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9 (1.7 to 12.8)
|
0.0312
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| ACU-SE: | −3 (−7.8 to 0.3) | NS | |||||||
| Evening: | |||||||||
| Baseline | 131 | 63 (49-75) | 125 | 65 (47-76) | 130 | 60 (4-73) | |||
| One week after treatment | 108 | 58 (40-74) | 107 | 31 (12-58) | 106 | 45 (21-68) | S-ACU:
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27 (13.3 to 29.5)
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<0.001
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| S-SE:
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13 (2.7 to 17.5)
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0.0245
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| ACU-SE: | −14 (−18.1 to −3.3) | 0.0130 | |||||||
ACU-acupuncture; S=standard; SE=stabilising exercise.
*
P values from Mann-Whitney U test. All original two tailed P values were multiplied by three (Bonferroni's correction); NS=not significant.