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Overall opinions of change and number of responders evaluated at week 4. |
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| Treatment groups |
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| Parameter |
Placebo (n = 45) |
Diclofenac (n = 49) |
EA (n = 46) |
Combined (n = 46) |
p-value |
| Orthopedist's overall opinion* |
0.01† |
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| Much better |
6 |
18 |
21 |
16 |
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| Better |
22 |
21 |
20 |
23 |
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| Same |
16 |
10 |
5 |
7 |
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| Worse |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Patient's overall opinion* |
0.09† |
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| Much better |
19 |
25 |
31 |
22 |
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| Better |
16 |
17 |
11 |
23 |
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| Same |
9 |
7 |
4 |
1 |
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| Worse |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Number of responders |
13 |
18 |
27 |
24 |
0.02†† |
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*Data represent number of patients, † = chi-square test evaluated on the proportions of patients with the opinion of "much better", †† = chi-square test. | |||||
Sangdee et al. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2002 2:3 doi:10.1186/1472-6882-2-3 |
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