Sharp-Hook Acupuncture (Feng Gou Zhen) for Patients with Periarthritis of Shoulder: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Baseline information of two groups (mean ± SD).

	Acupuncture group	Control group	value
Age (years)	51.2 ± 7.1	49.6 ± 9.7	0.3102
Gender (male/female)	26/33	28/30	0.6517
Disease history (month)	15.2 ± 8.3	14.9 ± 9.5	0.8559
Pain intensity measured by VAS	7.32 ± 1.51	7.51 ± 1.43	0.4862
McGill pain questionnaire	31.52 ± 4.53	32.21 ± 4.15	0.3923
Shoulder joint function score	102.42 ± 4.88	100.68 ± 5.52	0.0733