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Table 3 Pain

From: Effect of deep tissue laser therapy treatment on peripheral neuropathic pain in older adults with type 2 diabetes: a pilot randomized clinical trial

Test

Group

Pre-test

Post-test

Percent Change

Mean

+/− SD

Mean

+/− SD

PDQ

DTLT

77.80

30.87

31.01

21.43

−60%

SLT

62.94

22.03

45.29

18.16

−28%

QVAS

DTLT

69.66

19.46

31.82

19.60

−54%

SLT

56.86

15.07

39.09

17.68

−28%

NPS

DTLT

0.75

0.81

−0.61

0.72

− 183%

SLT

0.30

0.78

− 0.14

0.88

−150%

  1. PDQ pain disability questionnaire, QVAS quadruple visual analogue, NPS numeric pain scale