Comparison between acupotomy and corticosteroid injection for patients diagnosed with different classifications of tennis elbow: a randomized control trial

Table 6 Mean Nirschl stage scores for group I (acupotomy) and group II (corticosteroid injection)

Follow-up	Mean (SD) Nirschl stage		t	p value
Follow-up	Group I	Group II	t	p value
Preoperation	5.9 (1.0)	5.8 (1.0)	0.125	0.448
1 week	3.1 (1.5)	3.0 (0.9)	12.818	0.846
6 weeks	0.5 (0.9)	1.1 (1.1)*	2.813	0.018
24 weeks	0.41 (1.0)	1.2 (1.3)*	7.482	0.004
48 weeks	0.32 (0.7)	1.1 (1.2)*	22.862	0.003

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