Evaluation of the Efficacy of Prolotherapy in Patients With Lateral Epicondylitis Using Shear-Wave Elastography

21 March 2026 : Clinical Research

Mehmet Boz^{ABCDEFG 1*}, Mehmet Akçiçek^{ABCDEFG 2}

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.951728

Med Sci Monit 2026; 32:e951728

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Table 4 Comparison of VAS scores by sex.

		All participants	Sex		cP
		All participants	Female (n=15)	Male (n=21)	cP
VAS 1	Mean±SD	9.17±0.88	9.07±0.88	9.24±0.89	0.526
VAS 1	Median (Min–Max)	9 (7–10)	9 (8–10)	9 (7–10)	0.526
VAS 2	Mean±SD	1.58±1.7	1.87±2.13	1.38±1.32	0.657
VAS 2	Median (Min–Max)	1 (0–8)	1 (0–8)	1 (0–4)	0.657
Difference Δ	Mean±SD	−7.58±2.03	−7.20±2.37	−7.86±1.77	0.465
Difference Δ		0.001^d	0.001^d	0.001^d	0.465
^c Mann-Whitney U Test; ^d Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test; VAS – Visual Analogue Scale; SD – standard deviation; Min – minimum; Max – maximum. ^**

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