Evaluation of the Immediate Effect of Auricular Acupuncture on Pain and Electromyographic Activity of the Upper Trapezius Muscle in Patients with Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Randomized, Single-Blinded, Sham-Controlled, Crossover Study

Table 1

Demographic data of patients (mean ± SD).

	Health subjects	NS-NP patients	p value
Age (year)	24.42 ± 1.90	22.89 ± 2.63	0.89
Sex (M/F)	3/9	3/9	—
Weight (Kg)	57.72 ± 4.11	59.72 ± 3.16	0.23

Independent t-test.