Fig. 2

Box and whisker plots of the Short-Form McGill Pain Scores: A Total McGill Pain Score, B Sensory subscore, C Affective subscore, D VAS pain severity and E Present pain intensity. Statistical analyses were performed using the non-parametric Friedman test followed by the Dunn’s multiple comparison post-hoc test to identify changes from baseline. The following indicates the level of statistical significance; ^nsp > 0.05, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, ****p < 0.0001 (n = 29)