2.7. Patients’ Evaluation after Treatment
The patients rated the intensity of stiffness immediately and 24 h after treatment on the VAS. In the no-treatment control group, the patients reported the same items [The patients guessed whether the treatment was “penetrating,” “skin-touch” or “no-touch” or to record “cannot identify the treatment” and they reported their confidence level in their guesses on a 100 mm VAS ranging from 0 (no confidence) to 100 (full assurance) [