Research Article
Comparison of Dry Needling versus Orthopedic Manual Therapy in Patients with Myofascial Chronic Neck Pain: A Single-Blind, Randomized Pilot Study
Table 1
Demographic and clinical data of three groups at the beginning of the study.
| | | DN-S group
| STT group
| OMT group
| value |
| | Gender (male/female) | 3/9 | 2/10 | 2/10 | 0.83 | | Age (years) | 53.9 ± 12.7 (45.8 to 62) | 45.8 ± 15.4 (36 to 55.6) | 48.7 ± 10.2 (42.2 to 55.2) | 0.31 | | Height (cm) | 159.1 ± 7.4 (154.4 to 163.9) | 160.8 ± 8.2 (154.4 to 163.9) | 162.5 ± 6.9 (158.1 to 167) | 0.52 | | Weight (kg) | 71.1 ± 8.3 (65.8 to 76.4) | 69.5 ± 17.3 (58.5 to 80.5) | 60.1 ± 9.8 (53.8 to 66.4) | 0.08 | | PCS | 19.25 ± 6.48 (15.13 to 23.36) | 17.50 ± 4.58 (14.58 to 20.41) | 18.33 ± 4.27 (15.61 to 21.04) | 0.71 | | NDI (points) | 17.5 ± 5.5 (14 to 21.1) | 17.5 ± 4.5 (14.6 to 20.3) | 18.9 ± 3.4 (16.7 to 21) | 0.69 | | Pain duration (months) | 10.0 ± 2.9 (8.2 to 11.9) | 11.8 ± 4.4 (9 to 14.6) | 14.0 ± 3.6 (11.7 to 15.4) | 0.12 | | Pain intensity (VAS) | 33.8 ± 11.7 (26.3 to 41.3) | 50.2 ± 17.6 (39 to 61.4) | 42.1 ± 16.2 (31.8 to 52.5) | 0.04 |
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Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (95% confidence interval). .
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