Table 3.

Pretreatment and follow-up mean scores from the SRS questionnaire for all patients

	Baseline, mean ± SD (95% CI)	During brace treatment, mean ± SD (95% CI)	P valuea
Function	3.17 ± 0.40 (3.05/3.30)	3.37 ± 0.39 (3.25/3.49)	0.004
Pain	1.95 ± 0.31 (1.86/2.05)	2.02 ± 0.30 (1.93/2.11)	n.s.
Image	2.54 ± 0.61 (2.34/2.73)	2.74 ± 0.69 (2.53/2.95)	n.s.
Mental health	2.80 ± 0.31 (2.70/2.90)	2.78 ± 0.21 (2.71/2.84)	n.s.
Management	2.35 ± 1.16 (1.95/2.67)	1.89 ± 0.84 (1.64/2.14)	0.005
Total	2.57 ± 0.32 (2.47/2.67)	2.56 ± 0.28 (2.48/2.64)	n.s.

SD standard deviation, CI confidence intervals

^at test for paired samples