Table 4 Reported pain intensity by various coping strategies
Overall pain VAS score mean (sd) | Worst pain VAS score mean (sd) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strategy used | Not used | P | Strategy used | Not used | P | |
Stretching N = 171 | 3.97 (1.71) | 3.60 (1.77) | 0.052 | 5.94 (2.00) | 5.09 (2.14) | 0.001 |
Yoga N = 59 | 4.15 (1.81) | 3.73 (1.72) | 0.128 | 6.16 (2.23) | 5.42 (2.05) | 0.023 |
Weights N = 72 | 3.89 (1.58) | 3.78 (1.80) | 0.513 | 6.03 (1.87) | 5.42 (2.15) | 0.043 |
Loupes N = 33 | 3.71 (1.59) | 3.82 (1.77) | 0.777 | 5.73 (2.17) | 5.54 (2.10) | 0.61 |
