Comparison of the Effects of Vapocoolant Spray and Topical Anesthetic Cream on Pain During Needle Electromyography in the Medial Gastrocnemius Young-Eun Moon, MD, PhD, Sang-Hyun Kim, MD, PhD, Won-Hyeok Choi, MD Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 94, Issue 5, Pages 919-924 (May 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.12.008 Copyright © 2013 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Flowchart showing the flow of participants. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2013 94, 919-924DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2012.12.008) Copyright © 2013 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 VAS for pain. For each group, the error bar indicates the value of the upper bound of the 95% CI. *P=.002 compared with the control group. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2013 94, 919-924DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2012.12.008) Copyright © 2013 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Number of patients who answered the question “Are you satisfied with the topical analgesic used before performing the electromyography?” (A) and “Would you use the topical analgesic applied today again if the electromyography is repeated in the future?” (B). Patients expressed more satisfaction with vapocoolant spray in both questions (P<.05). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2013 94, 919-924DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2012.12.008) Copyright © 2013 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine Terms and Conditions