Table 2 Treatment responses to fluoroscopically guided transforaminal epidural dry needling
Outcome measure | Average change | Percent change | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline | Follow-up | P | Excellent (≥ 75%) | Good (50-74%) | Fair (25-49%) | Poor (< 25%) | |
VAS pain score (points) | 7.3 ± 2.0 | 4.6 ± 2.5 | < 0.0001 | 7 (20.6) | 7 (20.6) | 4 (11.8) | 16 (47.1) |
Percent disability of ODI score (%) | 41.4 ± 17.2 | 25.5 ± 12.6 | < 0.0001 | 7 (20.6) | 4 (11.8) | 6 (17.6) | 17 (50.0) |
Self-rated improvement following treatment (%) | - | 52.6 ± 33.1 | < 0.0001 | 10 (29.4) | 12 (35.3) | 4 (11.8) | 8 (23.5) |