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Means and standard deviation of major variables measured at baseline and weeks 1, 2 and 4 |
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| Variable definition |
Baseline |
Week 1 |
Week 2 |
Week 4 |
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| WOMAC Scoresa |
Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
Mean (SD) |
| Pain |
22.2(19.2) |
21.4(20.9) |
16.9(16.9) ** |
16.1(16.2) ** |
| Stiffness |
28.1(24.9) |
25.8(23.1) |
17.4(18.5) *** |
18.5(20.3) *** |
| Physical functioning |
22.6(18.0) |
22.4(19.5) |
18.2(15.8) ** |
18.2(17.8) * |
| Pain in visual analogue scale |
38.7(21.5) |
33.0(20.7)* |
27.0(21.5) *** |
27.8(19.8) *** |
| WHOQOL-BREF Scoresb |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Physiological domain |
12.9(2.4) |
- |
- |
13.2(1.9) |
| Psychological domain |
12.4(2.0) |
- |
- |
12.3(1.5) |
| Social domain |
13.5(1.9) |
- |
- |
13.6(2.2) |
| Environment domain |
13.5(1.7) |
- |
- |
13.4(1.5) |
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a WOMAC refers to the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index. bWHOQOL – BREF refers to the World Health Organization Quality of Life – brief version. * indicates P < 0.05; ** indicates P < 0.01; and *** indicates P < 0.001. | ||||
Lai et al. Chinese Medicine 2007 2:4 doi:10.1186/1749-8546-2-4 |
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