Research Article
Mesotherapy versus Systemic Therapy in the Treatment of Acute Low Back Pain: A Randomized Trial
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of patients.
| | Mesotherapy | Conventional systemic therapy | | Test |
| | Males, no. | 22 | 22 | .827 | | | Females, no. | 20 | 20 | .827 | | | Age, mean (SD), y | 53.5 (2.64) | 53.0 (2.7) | .895 | Kolmogorov-Smirnov | | VAS, mean (SD) | 86.5 (13.22) | 80.5 (5.12) | .554 | Mann-Whitney | | RMDQ, mean (SD) | 17 (13.76) | 16.5 (14.56) | .613 | Mann-Whitney |
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VAS indicates visual analogic scale; RMDQ indicates Roland-Morris disability questionnaire; in parenthesis, standard deviation (SD) of the mean.
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