Successful Participants Failed Participants All Participants
  Group I
(51)
Group II
(53)
Group I
(9)
Group II
(7)
Group I
(60)
Group II
(60)
At one year            
Average number of injections per one year 3.6 ± 0.9 3.8 ± 1.1 2.0 ± 0.5 1.9 ± 0.5 3.4 ± 1.1 3.6 ± 1.2
Total number of injections in one year 186 203 18 13 204 216
Total relief per one year (weeks) 40.6 ± 11.5 40.2 ± 12.7 1.5 ± 1.4 1.2 ± 1.3 34.7  ± 17.6 35.6 ± 17.4
At 2 years            
Average number of injections per 2 years 5.7 ± 2.3 6.1 ± 2.4 2.0 ± 0.5 1. 9 ± 0.9 5.1 ± 2.5 5.6 ± 2.7
Total number of injections in 2 years 291 322 18 13 309 335
Total relief per 2 years (weeks) 77.0 ± 27.8 77.9 ± 30.2 1.5 ± 1.4 1.2 ± 1.3 65.7 ± 37.3 68.9 ± 37.7
Average relief per procedure            
For initial 2 procedures in weeks 10.1 + 13.9 8.6 + 13.6 0.8 + 1.1 0.7 + 0.9 8.7 ± 13.2 7.9 ± 13.1
After initial 2 procedures 15.6 + 12.4 15.5 + 12.7 1.0 0.2 ± 0.0 15.6 + 12.4 15.3 + 12.7
All procedures 13.7 + 13.2 13.2 + 13.3 0.8 + 1.0 0.6 + 0.8 12.9 + 13.1 12.8 + 13.3
Successful subject - At least 3 weeks relief from first 2injections
Table 4: Therapeutic procedural characteristics with average relief per procedure, and average total relief in weeks over a period of 2 years.