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Table 4 The comparison of pre- and post-treatment scores of the patients with respect to the number of sessions

From: Effects of intralesional pulsed radiofrequency treatment on pain in patients with calcaneal spur: results of 460 patients

Variables

Single session

Double sessions

P value1

Mean ± SD

Median

(min-max)

Mean ± SD

Median

(min-max)

AOFAS-pain scores

Pre-treatment

15.6 ± 11,5

20(0–40)

17.2 ± 11.5

20(0–40)

0.096

Post-treatment

20.4 ± 11,7

20(0–40)

21.5 ± 10.1

20(0–40)

0.484

p2

< 0.001

< 0.001

 

Total AOFAS score

Pre-treatment

67.9 ± 15.9

74.5(26–100)

69.3 ± 16.5

75(18–90)

0.226

Post-treatment

71.4 ± 18

75(15–100)

72.4 ± 16.5

77(0–100)

0.744

p2

0.006

0.011

 

Wong Baker-pain scores

Pre-treatment

6.4 ± 1.9

6(2–10)

6.1 ± 2

6(0–10)

 

Post-treatment

5.3 ± 2

6(0–10)

4.8 ± 2.1

6(0–10)

 

p2

< 0.001

< 0.001

 
  1. 1Mann-Whitney U test, 2Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test