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. 2019 Oct 7;13(3):159–165. doi: 10.15171/joddd.2019.025

Table 2. Intragroup comparison of various pain rating scales with Ice Pre -treatment (IP) and without Ice Pre-treatment (WIP) in Group-1 (Infiltration) (Result of Wilcoxon signed rank test) .

N Mean rank z value p value
VAS_IP – VAS_WIP Negative Ranks 3 8.83
-5.495

<0.001***
Positive Ranks 40 22.9
Ties 7
Total 50
WBS_IP – WBS_WIP Negative Ranks 1 13.50
-5.358

<0.001***
Positive Ranks 37 19.66
Ties 12
Total 50
Sound_IP – Sound_WIP Negative Ranks 1 6.50
-3.000

.003**
Positive Ranks 12 7.04
Ties 37
Total 50
Eye_IP – Eye_WIP Negative Ranks 0 .00
-5.745

.000***
Positive Ranks 33 17.00
Ties 17
Total 50
Motor_IP – Motor_WIP Negative Ranks 0 .00
-2.236

.025*
Positive Ranks 5 3.00
Ties 45
Total 50

***very highly significant, ** highly significant, * significant