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Table 2 Evolution of clinical pain measured using the McGill Pain Questionnaire in the intervention groups

From: Therapeutic ultrasound versus injection of local anesthetic in the treatment of women with chronic pelvic pain secondary to abdominal myofascial syndrome: a randomized clinical trial

McGill

Total number of descriptors

Total pain index number

IA mean (SD)

TUS mean (SD)

P*

IA mean (SD)

TUS mean (SD)

P*

Before

13.40 (± 5.13)

15.33 (± 4.77)

0.4197

30.65 (± 12.30)

37.94 (± 13.74)

0.2325

1 week

9.50 (± 7.23)

9.11 (± 8.30)

0.8709

21.65 (± 15.87)

23.00 (± 22.62)

0.8247

1 month

8.10 (± 6.98)

10.00 (± 8.32)

0.4278

19.55 (± 16.96)

25.78 (± 22.49)

0.3077

3 months

8.25 (± 7.51)

10.44 (± 8.40)

0.3599

19.70 (± 17.94)

26.28 (± 22.30)

0.2814

6 months

9.05 (± 7.65)

9.33 (± 8.40)

0.9058

21.60 (± 17.92)

24.33 (± 23.04)

0.6539

  1. Orthogonal contrasts in the mixed-effects regression model
  2. IA injection of local anesthetic, TUS therapeutic ultrasound, SD standard deviation; P*, p value