Table 1: Development of pain and stress biomarkers during inpatient rehabilitation measured by immunoassays.
Rehabilitation admission | Rehabilitation discharge (3 weeks) | |||||||||
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n | Mean | SD | Median | SEM | Mean | SD | Median | SEM | p-value | |
ACTH (pg/ml) | 123 | 51.3 | 32.7 | 39.7 | 3.0 | 50.5 | 28.9 | 41.4 | 2.6 | n.s. |
ß-Endorphin (pg/ml) | 123 | 131.3 | 406.9 | 14.8 | 36.7 | 225.8 | 867.0 | 23.5 | 78.2 | n.s. |
Dynorphin (pg/ml) | 123 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 2.2 | 0.5 | n.s. |
Serotonin (ng/ml) | 124 | 123.3 | 66.5 | 114.2 | 6.0 | 120.0 | 71.1 | 109.9 | 6.4 | n.s. |
n: Number; ACTH: Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; SD: Standard Deviation; SEM: Standard Error of the Mean;
n.s: Not Significant.