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Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 3 Comparison between the two treatment groups regarding procedure assessment

From: Efficacy of neural prolotherapy versus local corticosteroid soft tissue injection for treatment of chronic anserine bursitis: a prospective randomized clinical trial

Procedure assessment

Group I (NP)

(n = 34 lower limbs obtained from 22 patients)

mean ± SD

Group II (CS)

(n = 33 lower limbs obtained from 21 patients)

mean ± SD

Test of significance

P

Injection procedure induced pain (VAS)

1.70 ± 0.81

1.39 ± 0.60

(t) 1.767

0.082

Patient’s degree of satisfaction to the procedure results (VAS)

8.97 ± 1.64

9.06 ± 1.74

(t) − 0.217

0.829

  1. VAS visual analogue scale, NP neural prolotherapy group, n number, SD standard deviation, CS corticosteroid group, t value of Student’s t-test
  2. *P is significant at < 0.05
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