In order to monitor the effects upon pain and pain relief, the
intervention times were based on Lee & et al. and Chao & Cool ages,
studies, in which the pain relieving effects of ice massage and
acupuncture were measured immediately, 30 min and 60 min after
the intervention. Pain intensity was evaluated using the same
VAS scale immediately, half an hour and 1 h after the intervention
the obtained data were analyzed in SPSS using one-way ANOVA
and Tukey test for comparison between the groups. Repeated
measure ANOVAwas used to evaluate trends in the groups and chisquare
test used for comparison of demographic variables.