Table 1.

Analysis of the baseline comparability of both results.

Variable	Type of Treatment Received	n	Mean	SD	SEM
Age	Experimental	31	58.00	9.71	1.74
	Control	32	63.66	9.96	1.76
Body mass index	Experimental	30	28.76	4.73	0.86
	Control	31	27.59	4.91	0.88
Number of nodes removed	Experimental	29	14.00	9.73	1.80
	Control	24	12.20	7.21	1.47
Pain, VAS scale 0–10	Experimental	31	3.77	2.82	0.50
	Control	32	3.88	3.11	0.55
Heaviness, VAS scale 0–10	Experimental	31	4.87	2.79	0.50
	Control	32	4.88	2.25	0.39
Tightness, VAS scale 0–10	Experimental	31	4.19	2.67	0.48
	Control	32	4.38	2.72	0.48
Health Questionnaire	Experimental	31	67.10	18.42	3.31
	Control	30	64.83	16.47	3.00

SD: Standard deviation; SEM: Standard error mean.