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Table 18. Pain duration and origin
Randomization
Pain History
Subjects with
Baseline Visit
(N=141)
Arm 1:
Tonic/Burst
(N=45)
Arm 2:
Burst/Tonic
(N=55)
p
-value
How long has the subject experienced chronic pain (years)?
Mean ± SD
12.8±10.9
(141)
11.1±9.5
(45)
15.1±12.1
(55)
0.075
w
Minimum, Median,
Maximum
0.8, 10.0, 60.0
0.8, 9.0,
50.0
1.3, 10.0,
60.0
How did the subject's pain start?
Accident
31/141
(22.0%)
12/45
(26.7%)
12/55
(21.8%)
0.605
f
Medical condition
9/141 (6.4%)
0/45 (0.0%) 3/55 (5.5%)
Motor vehicle accident
5/141 (3.5%)
2/45 (4.4%) 3/55 (5.5%)
Surgery
13/141 (9.2%) 3/45 (6.7%) 7/55 (12.7%)
Other
11/141 (7.8%) 5/45 (11.1%) 4/55 (7.3%)
Unknown
72/141
(51.1%)
23/45
(51.1%)
26/55
(47.3%)
w
Wilcoxon rank-sum test
f
Fisher's exact test
Table 19. Pain treatment history
Randomization
Pain History
Subjects with
Baseline Visit
(N=141)
Arm 1:
Tonic/Burst
(N=45)
Arm 2:
Burst/Tonic
(N=55)
p
-value
Non-Invasive Interventions
Oral medications
137/141
(97.2%)
43/45
(95.6%)
54/55
(98.2%)
0.587
f
Physical therapy
129/141
(91.5%)
41/45
(91.1%)
51/55
(92.7%)
1.000
f
Transcutaneous electrical
nerve stimulation (TENS)
89/141
(63.1%)
35/45
(77.8%)
29/55
(52.7%)
0.009
c
Acupuncture
37/141
(26.2%)
7/45 (15.6%)
17/55
(30.9%)
0.074
c
Acupressure
11/141 (7.8%) 3/45 (6.7%) 5/55 (9.1%)
0.727
f
Physiological interventions
18/141
(12.8%)
7/45 (15.6%) 4/55 (7.3%)
0.214
f