Table 3 Secondary outcomes in the physical therapy and local injection, physical therapy + local injection, physical therapy and local injection at 3 months in patients with myofascial pain syndrome
Outcomes | Physical therapy + local injection (n = 41) | Physical therapy (n = 43) | P value | Local injection (n = 43) | P value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Visual Analogue Scale for Pain (Mean, SD) | 21.6 (21.8) | 28.2 (23.7) | 0.192 | 28.8 (22.3) | 0.141 |
PHQ 9 (Mean, SD) | 3.98 (3.97) | 4.12 (4.48) | 0.877 | 3.16 (2.81) | 0.284 |
Quality of life SF-36 (Mean, SD) | |||||
Bodily pain (BP) | 66.58 (20.09) | 65.66 (20.9) | 0.69 | 61.19 (17.67) | 0.16 |
Role-emotional (RE) | 83.25 (32.11) | 84.13 (32.95) | 0.70 | 90.60 (21.15) | 0.38 |
Role-physical (RP) | 81.88 (30.48) | 82.5 (31.11) | 0.75 | 87.79 (22.07) | 0.44 |
Physical functioning (PF) | 87.75 (16.94) | 89.13 (12.29) | 0.56 | 90 (9.06) | 0.41 |
Social function (SF) | 82.6 (20.99) | 83.05 (20.71) | 0.88 | 83.28 (17.44) | 0.87 |
General health (GH) | 71.67 (17.26) | 68.25 (22.37) | 0.72 | 77.44 (12.50) | 0.15 |
Mental health (MH | 75.3 (16.79) | 71.32 (17.86) | 0.30 | 78.95 (14.03) | 0.43 |
Vitality (VT) | 63.38 (16.11) | 61.95 (18.53) | 0.77 | 69.64 (16.17) | 0.20 |