Table 1. The visual analogue scale before and after treatment in both groups.

	Pulsed HILT Group				LLLT Group
	Before treatment		After treatment		Before treatment		After treatment
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No pain	0	0.00	2	13.30	0	0.00	2	13.30
Mild pain	2	13.30	5	33.30	4	26.700	5	33.30
Moderate pain	10	66.70	7	46.70	6	40.000	5	33.40
Severe pain	3	20.00	1	6.70	5	33.30	3	20.00
Mean ± SD	5.20 ± 1.69		3.47 ± 1.42		5.20 ± 1.86		3.67 ± 2.50
Improvement (%)	33.27%				29.42%
p-value	0.011*				0.043*
	0.825**

SD: standard deviation; ttt: treatment; *Significant; **not-significant.