Efficacy of Piroxicam Mesotherapy in Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 2

Baseline VAS, OKS, and WOMAC scores.

	Mesotherapy group	Oral therapy group	value
VAS^a, mean ± SD^b	8.25 ± 1.99	7.45 ± 1.68	0.07
OKS^c, mean ± SD	22.93 ± 7.57	21.13 ± 4.54	0.11
WOMAC^d, mean ± SD
Pain	16.0 ± 3.49	14.96 ± 3.33	0.13
Stiffness	4.03 ± 1.94	3.97 ± 1.34	0.66
Function	33.35 ± 9.85	31.51 ± 9.75	0.12
Total score	53.38 ± 14.41	50.44 ± 14.14	0.17

^aVAS, Visual Analogue Scale; ^bSD, standard deviation; ^cOKS, Oxford Knee Scale; ^dWOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index.