Outcomes | Physical therapy + local injection (n = 41) | Physical therapy (n = 43) | P value* | Local injection (n = 43) | P value* |
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Visual Analogue Scale for Pain (Mean, SD) | 40.8 (25.3) | 37.8 (21.9) | 0.560 | 44.2 (24.9) | 0.545 |
PHQ 9 (Mean, SD) | 4.33 (3.65) | 4.43 (4.073) | 0.904 | 4.44 (3.03) | 0.879 |
Quality of life SF-36 (Mean, SD) | |||||
Bodily pain (BP) | 55.3 (18.4) | 57.12 (20.70) | 0.89 | 51.78 (15.70) | 0.29 |
Role-emotional (RE) | 78.2 (35.1) | 85.95 (27.58) | 0.31 | 78.76 (33.24) | 0.94 |
Role-physical (RP) | 73.1 (40.5) | 73.84 (34.48) | 0.56 | 74.39 (33.30) | 0.58 |
Physical functioning (PF) | 86.8 (13.2) | 82.79 (15.52) | 0.21 | 86.83 (11.55) | 0.72 |
Social function (SF) | 79.2 (20.7) | 81.51 (22.83) | 0.38 | 78.15 (20.44) | 0.78 |
General health (GH) | 72.1 (16.7) | 65.70 (20.16) | 0.12 | 73.54 (13.43) | 0.99 |
Mental health (MH | 73.2 (16.6) | 70.05 (19.82) | 0.46 | 69.95 (17.57) | 0.34 |
Vitality (VT) | 61.3 (16.0) | 59.88 (19.83) | 0.66 | 62.56 (17.32) | 0.95 |