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Table 1 Pain intensity VAS scores

From: A pilot study on using acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) to treat knee osteoarthritis (OA)

Week

CT (n = 6)

ACP (n = 6)

TENS (n = 6)

A&T (n = 6)

0

59.8 (18.5)

61.2 (12.3)

64.3 (10.3)

56.6 (12.6)

1

64.8 (14.4)

61.2 (11.8)

63.8 (7.0)

50.7 (10.4)

2

54.3 (8.3)

56.8 (13.6)

53.3 (10.3)

40.7 (8.7)

3

57.3 (10.8)

51.5 (14.6)

49.5 (10.6)

39.3 (19.1)

4

55.2 (10.8)

51.5 (15.8)

42.3 (15.2)

37.3 (19.1)

5

54.5 (8.7)

41.7 (10.6)

38.8 (13.3)

33.3 (11.7)*

10

49.3 (20.2)

43.0 (21.2)

53.5 (9.7)

41.3 (20.2)

  1. Data are expressed as mean (SD).
  2. * P = 0.039