Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 4 Comparison between the two groups: VAS, ODI and paracetamol consumption (unpaired t test)

From: Capacitive biophysical stimulation improves the healing of vertebral fragility fractures: a prospective multicentre randomized controlled trial

	VAS			ODI			Paracetamol consumption
	Control group	CCEF group	p value	Control group	CCEF group	p value	Control group	CCEF group	p value
Baseline (mean ± SD)	8.8 ± 0.7	8.2 ± 1.2	0.644	0.63 ± 0.04	0.625 ± 0.06	0.644	–	–	–
30-day follow-up (mean ± SD)	5.2 ± 1.3	3.5 ± 0.8	0.01*	0.38 ± 0.05	0.254 ± 0.07	0.01*	0.86 ± 0.16	0.723 ± 0.14	0.033*
60-day follow-up (mean ± SD)	2.7 ± 0.4	1.1 ± 0.3	0.02*	0.21 ± 0.04	0.127 ± 0.03	0.01*	0.544 ± 0.25	0.224 ± 0.18	0.001*
180-day follow-up (mean ± SD)	1.02 ± 0.79	0.98 ± 0.0.88	0.544	0.11 ± 0.75	0.10 ± 0.97	0.424	0.17 ± 0.11	0.09 ± 0.07	0.001*

*p < 0.005 (unpaired t test)

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