Gender response to 10 weeks acupuncture-TENS application on patients who presented with post-injection sciatic pain

Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy

Table 3 The mean comparison of pain levels (post visual analogue scale scores) in females across 10 weeks compared with the baseline (after the intervention)

Time	PVA scores (Mean ± Standard deviation)		Mean differences	t value^a	p value
Time	At baseline	Weeks	Mean differences	t value^a	p value
Week 1	8.80 ± 1.05	4.40 ± 2.68	4.40	7.228	< 0.001*
Week 2	8.80 ± 1.05	4.90 ± 3.22	3.90	5.669	< 0.001*
Week 3	8.80 ± 1.05	3.95 ± 2.74	4.85	7.282	< 0.001*
Week 4	8.80 ± 1.05	3.80 ± 3.38	5.00	6.426	< 0.001*
Week 5	8.80 ± 1.05	2.95 ± 3.10	5.85	7.785	< 0.001*
Week 6	8.80 ± 1.05	2.85 ± 3.03	5.95	8.182	< 0.001*
Week 7	8.80 ± 1.05	3.40 ± 3.23	5.40	6.959	< 0.001*
Week 8	8.80 ± 1.05	2.80 ± 3.27	6.00	7.814	< 0.001*
Week 9	8.80 ± 1.05	2.75 ± 3.33	6.05	7.597	< 0.001*
Week 10	8.80 ± 1.05	2.60 ± 3.28	6.35	8.152	< 0.001*