Efficacies of Acupuncture and Anti-inflammatory Treatment for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Table 2 Mean BCTQ SYMPT, BCTQ FUNCT, and VAS scores and electrophysiologic measurements before and after intervention in the two groups.

	Study groups	Before (Mean ± SD)	After (Mean ± SD)	p in each group	p (after intervention between two groups)
BCTQ SYMPT	Acupuncture	28.14 ± 4.004	17.28 ± 2.716	< 0.001	< 0.001
	Ibuprofen	29.08 ± 3.628	23.08 ± 4.76	< 0.001
BCTQ FUNCT	Acupuncture	17.708 ± 2.561	11.00 ± 0.780	< 0.001	< 0.001
	Ibuprofen	18.00 ± 3.00	12.840 ± 1.929	< 0.001
VAS	Acupuncture	7.32 ± 0.94	3.8 ± 0.78	< 0.001	0.001
	Ibuprofen	7.32 ± 1.06	4.64 ± 0.7	< 0.001
Median distal motor latency	Acupuncture	4.22 ± 0.43	3.97 ± 0.35	< 0.001	0.097
	Ibuprofen	4.26 ± 0.51	4.17 ± 0.47	< 0.001
Median distal sensory latency	Acupuncture	3.97 ± 0.16	3.68 ± 0.21	< 0.001	< 0.001
	Ibuprofen	4.06 ± 0.17	3.94 ± 0.17	< 0.001
Median nerve conduction velocity	Acupuncture	32.28 ± 2.74	37.04 ± 2.15	< 0.001	0.002
	Ibuprofen	31.72 ± 2.22	35.28 ± 1.72	< 0.001

BCTQ FUNCT = Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire Functional Status Score; BCTQ SYMPT = Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire Symptom Severity Score; SD = standard deviation; VAS = visual analog scale.

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