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

Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy

Table 4 The mean comparison of pain levels (post visual analogue scale scores) in males 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	8.60 ± 1.27	4.15 ± 2.73	4.45	7.014	< 0.001*
Week 2	8.60 ± 1.27	4.10 ± 2.93	4.50	6.281	< 0.001*
Week 3	8.60 ± 1.27	3.85 ± 2.94	4.75	7.467	< 0.001*
Week 4	8.60 ± 1.27	3.45 ± 3.57	5.15	6.760	< 0.001*
Week 5	8.60 ± 1.27	2.75 ± 3.20	5.85	8.052	< 0.001*
Week 6	8.60 ± 1.27	3.0 ± 3.34	5.60	7.380	< 0.001*
Week 7	8.60 ± 1.27	2.8 ± 3.42	5.80	7.403	< 0.001*
Week 8	8.60 ± 1.27	2.65 ± 3.37	5.95	7.985	< 0.001*
Week 9	8.60 ± 1.27	2.65 ± 3.16	5.95	8.622	< 0.001*
Week 10	8.60 ± 1.27	2.40 ± 3.25	6.20	8.881	< 0.001*