Evaluation of the Effect of Laser Acupuncture and Cupping with Ryodoraku and Visual Analog Scale on Low Back Pain

Table 3

Comparison of the two groups in VAS in each treatment.

	Active group	Placebo group	P value
First day	5.00 ± 1.96	5.46 ± 1.96	0.214
Second day	4.60 ± 2.11	5.09 ± 2.12	0.182
Third day	4.03 ± 2.03	4.49 ± 1.96	0.126
Forth day	3.60 ± 1.58	3.85 ± 1.97	0.088
Fifth day	3.11 ± 1.54	3.20 ± 1.84	0.145

^**P < 0.01 by paired-samples t-test.