Patterns of Traditional Chinese Medicine Diagnosis in Thermal Laser Acupuncture Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis

Table 3

Percentage changes in WOMAC score values from baseline (mean ± SD) [(baseline − posttreatment)/baseline × 100%].

		Group A (diff %); (𝑛=25)	Group B (diff %); (𝑛=26)	𝑃 value	Total (diff %)
Pain	Initial treatment	8.98±42.46	−3.07±70.3	0.443	2.6±58.1
	Week 2	37.72±36.32	32.57±40.63	0.634	35.09±38.28
	Week 6	50.28±35.55	30.3±55.59	0.132	40.10±47.47
	Week 10	51.25±40.24	42.45±54.95	0.516	46.76±48.03
Stiffness	Initial treatment	−75.7±358.31	−30.67±110.22	0.552	−54.71±260.86
	Week 2	−2.44±125.39	−9.13±136.97	0.856	−6.01±130.02
	Week 6	30.01±74.74	22±67.94	0.691	25.11±70.42
	Week 10	40.29±55.50	18.59±111.20	0.381	27.13±89.36
Function	Initial treatment	10.93±33.68^∗	−21.5±73.00	0.049	−5.60±58.96
	Week 2	36.18±29.74^∗	12.25±50.85	0.046	23.98±43.16
	Week 6	47.67±29.67^∗	24.15±48.32	0.042	35.68±41.61
	Week 10	51.52±34.66	33.15±42.71	0.098	42.15±39.68

^∗𝑃 value < 0.05 compared to Group B.