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. 2009 Feb 24;18(5):672–678. doi: 10.1007/s00586-009-0903-2

Table 2.

Overall results of functional evaluations

ODI (n = 50)
 Pre-operative 64.3 ± 20.0
 Final follow-up 16.7 ± 20.0
 Improvement 47.6 ± 27.5
 Significant improvement (n = 43) 86.0%
JOA score (n = 50)
 Pre-operative 9.4 ± 6.1
 Final follow-up 24.2 ± 6.0
 Improvement rate (%) 73.9 ± 30.7
  Poor (n = 5) 10%
  Fair (n = 5) 10%
  Good (n = 9) 18%
  Excellent (n = 31) 62%