Ultrasound-Guided Inactivation of Trigger Points Combined with Muscle Fascia Stripping by Liquid Knife in Treatment of Postherpetic Neuralgia Complicated with Abdominal Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A Prospective and Controlled Clinical Study

Table 3

VAS, MPQ, PPST, and PPTT score of four groups before treatment cycle and 1 week after the end of treatment cycle (, n).

Characteristic		C1 (N = 31)		C2 (N = 32)		PL (N = 32)		PA (N = 32)
		T0	T1	T0	T1	T0	T1	T0	T1
VAS score		4.8 ± 1.4	1.6 ± 0.5^a,b	4.7 ± 1.6	3.1 ± 1.1^a	5.0 ± 1.9	1.7 ± 0.6^a,b	4.6 ± 1.3	2.0 ± 0.4^a,b
MPQ	Sensory score	4.2 ± 1.1	2.1 ± 1.0^a,b	4.6 ± 1.9	3.5 ± 0.7^a	4.4 ± 1.2	2.0 ± 0.8^a,b	4.5 ± 1.5	2.5 ± 0.5^a,b
	Effective score	3.1 ± 0.4	1.3 ± 0.5^a,b	3.3 ± 0.7	2.3 ± 0.5^a	3.2 ± 0.9	1.4 ± 0.3^a,b	3.2 ± 1.1	1.5 ± 0.9^a,b
	Total score	6.8 ± 2.4	3.4 ± 1.3^a,b	6.9 ± 2.2	5.1 ± 1.8^a	7.1 ± 2.6	3.5 ± 1.4^a,b	7.2 ± 2.7	4.0 ± 1.7^a,b
	VAS (mm)	46.8 ± 11.4	18.6 ± 6.5^a,b	47.5 ± 14.5	39.6 ± 16.8^a	50.1 ± 13.7	17.1 ± 8.6^a,b	48.9 ± 12.6	22.1 ± 9.9^a,b
	PPI	3.5 ± 1.3	1.2 ± 0.7^a,b	3.7 ± 1.6	2.5 ± 0.8^a	3.8 ± 1.4	1.2 ± 0.9^a,b	3.9 ± 1.9	1.6 ± 0.6^a,b
PPST (kg/cm^2)		1.6 ± 0.4	4.8 ± 1.8^a,b	1.5 ± 0.8	3.5 ± 1.6^a	1.7 ± 0.9	4.7 ± 1.4^a,b	1.6 ± 0.6	4.1 ± 1.3^a
PPTT (kg/cm^2)		2.3 ± 0.8	5.7 ± 2.1^a,b	2.2 ± 0.5	4.0 ± 1.1^a	2.4 ± 0.9	5.3 ± 1.9^a,b	2.2 ± 0.7	5.0 ± 1.9^a,b

Note. T0 = before treatment cycle. T1 = 1 week after the end of treatment cycle. ^aSignificantly different compared to the T0 group, . ^bSignificantly different compared to the C2 group, .