Combined Therapies of Modified Taiyi Miraculous Moxa Roll and Cupping for Patients with Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Herniation

Table 4

Comparison of the scores between both groups after treatments .

Group	Cases	Index	Before treatment	After treatment
Treatment	35	JOA	13.83 ± 1.54	23.14 ± 2.70
		McGill (total)	83.51 ± 12.92	30.71 ± 6.91
		Pain sense (S)	6.66 ± 2.13	3.17 ± 1.15
		Pain effect (A)	8.03 ± 1.40	2.71 ± 1.51
		Visual analogue scale (VAS)	65.40 ± 12.89	23.77 ± 6.20
Control	35	JOA	13.71 ± 1.47	21.89 ± 2.25
		McGill (total)	79.94 ± 10.76	37.23 ± 6.90
		Pain sense (S)	6.80 ± 2.13	3.91 ± 1.98
		Pain effect (A)	7.89 ± 1.21	2.74 ± 1.79
		Visual analogue scale (VAS)	63.49 ± 11.43	28.80 ± 6.19

Note. The data was analyzed with χ² test. versus before therapy; versus control.