Acupuncture Treatment of Lateral Elbow Pain: A Nonrandomized Pilot Study

Table 1

Demographic data.

	Treatment group	Control group
Male (%)	11 (55)	8 (40)
Female (%)	9 (45)	12 (60)
Total	20	20
Age (mean ± SD)	42 ± 16.68	50.65 ± 7.27
Duration of condition (mean ± SD)	7.45 ± 6.09	9.45 ± 3.49
DASH (mean ± SD)	26.03 ± 7.61	21.79 ± 11.56
PFGS (mean ± SD)	16.54 ± 7.29	19.12 ± 9.15
VAS at rest (mean ± SD)	2.34 ± 1.28	1.65 ± 1.16
VAS in motion (mean ± SD)	3.96 ± 1.42	4.03 ± 1.31
VAS during exertion (mean ± SD)	6.62 ± 1.72	7.25 ± 1.62

: , significant difference between treatment and control group.