TABLE 4.
Pain intensity before and after NF training (median, first and third quartile Q1, Q3).
| No. |
Pain Intensity |
p-value | ||
| PreNF (VNS) Median, (Q1, Q3) | PostNF (VNS) Median, (Q1,Q3) | Change in Pain Intensity (%) with respect to Median | ||
| P1 | 9, (8,9) | 6, (5, 7) | −33% | 0.0001 |
| P2 | 8, (8,9) | 5.5, (5, 6) | −31% | 0.0002 |
| P3 | 9, (8,9) | 5.5, (5, 6.25) | −38.9% | 0.0022 |
| P4 | 3, (3,3) | 2.5, (2, 3) | −16.7% | 0.0001 |
| P5 | 5, (5,6) | 4.5, (4, 5) | −10% | 0.0001 |
| P6 | \ | \ | \ | \ |
| P7 | 4.5, (4,5) | 3.5, (3, 4) | −20% | 0.0449 |
| P8 | \ | \ | \ | \ |
| P9 | \ | \ | \ | \ |
| P10 | 8, (8,9.75) | 5.5, (5, 6) | −31% | 0.0002 |
| P11 | 4, (3.5,4.5) | 3, (3, 3.5) | −25% | 0.1667 |
| P12 | 7, (7,8) | 4, (4, 5) | −42.9% | 0.0002 |
| P13 | \ | \ | \ | \ |
| P14 | 5, (5,6) | 4, (3, 4) | −20% | 0.0122 |
| P15 | \ | \ | \ | \ |
| P16 | 3, (2,3) | 1, (0,1) | −66.7% | 0.0001 |
| P17 | 6, (5,6) | 3, (2, 4) | −50% | 0.0001 |
| P18 | 5, (4,6) | 4, (4, 5) | −20% | 0.0967 |
| P19 | 5, (5,7) | 2.5, (1.75, 3) | −50% | 0.0001 |
| P20 | 7.5, (6.75,8) | 6.5, (5, 7) | −13% | 0.0649 |
VNS, Visual Numerical Scale (VNS, 0 = no pain, 10 = worst pain imaginable); PreNF, before each NF session; PostNF, after NF session. Q1 and Q3 are 1st and 3rd quartiles.