Clinical outcomes
Arthritis, pain
ARTHRITIS
All groups demonstrated improvement in VAS, SF‐MPQ, WOMAC, and SF‐12 scores relative to the initial group (Clinical variables at the baseline and the end of the study in different groups.
Abbreviations: AG, acupuncture group (VA + SA); PB, placebo group; SA, sham acupuncture group; SC, celecoxib group; SF‐12, 12‐item short‐form health survey; SF‐MPQ, short‐form McGill pain questionnaire; VA, verum acupuncture; VAS, visual analog scale; WL, waiting list group; WOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index.Comparisons of the therapeutic effect among different groups.Abbreviations: AG, acupuncture group (VA + SA); PB, placebo group; SA, sham acupuncture; SC, celecoxib group; SF‐12, 12‐item short‐form health survey; SF‐MPQ, short‐form McGill pain questionnaire; VA, verum acupuncture; VAS, visual analog scale; WL, waiting list group; WOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index.Mann–Whitney Mann–Whitney 