Table 1

Patient characteristics and baseline parameters by group.

VariableGly-20EA-95RFDTotal
Age (years)62.3 ± 11.565.6 ± 12.763.3 ± 16.163.7 ± 13.4
Gender (F/M)26/916/1418/1260/35
WHO pain level1.43 ± 0.561.37 ± 0.561.37 ± 0.561.39 ± 0.55
VAS8.14 ± 1.267.87 ± 2.018.00 ± 1.468.01 ± 1.58
COMI-back8.45 ± 1.468.02 ± 1.558.45 ± 0.948.31 ± 1.35
  • Data presented as mean ± SD unless otherwise noted.

  • COMI-back, Core Outcome Measures Index for the back; EA-95, ethyl alcohol 95%; Gly-20, glycerol 20%; RFD, radiofrequency denervation; VAS, visual analog scale; WHO, World Health Organization.