[Retracted] A Retrospective Study on the Efficacy of Two Different Rehabilitation Interventions on KOA: Shock Wave Therapy vs. Electroacupuncture Therapy

Table 3

Score analysis of osteoarthritis index scores before treatment, after 2 weeks of treatment, and 4 weeks of treatment of the three groups (mean(SD)).

Index	Time	Control group ()	Electroacupuncture group ()	Shock wave group ()
Pain	Before treatment	12. (2.89)	12.20 (2.03)	12.23 (2.03)
	After 2 weeks of treatment	8.41 (2.31)	6.34 (2.43)	6.28 (2.52)
	After 4 weeks of treatment	6.29 (1.21)	4.33 (1.92)	4.11 (1.58)
		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Stiff	Before treatment	4.27 (1.01)	4.52 (1.38)	4.41 (1.26)
	After 2 weeks of treatment	3.41 (1.13)	2.02 (0.93)	2.10 (1.04)
	After 4 weeks of treatment	2.20 (1.29)	1.31 (1.21)	1.23 (1.25)
		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Daily activity	Before treatment	58.36 (4.81)	59.19 (3.12)	58.77 (3.95)
	After 2 weeks of treatment	43.21 (4.92)	39.18 (3.83)	38.22 (3.83)
	After 4 weeks of treatment	26.23 (3.19)	23.16 (4.28)	22.85 (3.31)
		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Total score	Before treatment	74.88 (5.27)	75.93 (5.31)	76.07 (5.14)
	After 2 weeks of treatment	55.03 (5.82)	47.57 (4.92)	46.44 (5.37)
	After 4 weeks of treatment	34.72 (3.29)	28.85 (2.96)	27.68 (3.04)
		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001