statistical analysis
all values are expressed as the mean standard deviation (sd). Comparisons of the pain symptoms according to the VAS scores, or the symptoms according to the FIQ scores, were examined for statistical significance using the Wilcoxon signe-rank test. data from each domain of the SF-36 were analyzed using nonparametric tests. the Mann-Whitney U test was used to compare the pretherapy and post-therapy score for each domian of the SF-36. the PCS and Mcs score were obtained by summing the physical and psycological subscale score, respectively, and were analyxed using the same statistical using the same statistical test. A p < 0.05 was considered to by statistically significant. all analyes were performed using statmate 3 software ( ATM Co. Ltd. tokyo, japan).