Table 1.

Patient data: sex (f=female, m=male), symptom (a=neck pain, b=brachial pain, c=motor deficits, d=sensory deficits), duration (months), diagnosis (I=soft disc, II=hard disc (soft disc and osteophytes), III=foraminal stenosis)

No	Age	Sex	Symptoms	Duration	Diagnosis
1	51	m	abcd	4	I
2	55	m	abc	24	III
3	64	m	abd	75	III
4	57	f	ab	120	III
5	51	f	abc	84	II, III
6	48	f	ab	2	II, III
7	51	m	ab	38	II, III
8	43	f	abd	54	I
9	61	f	abd	29	III
10	59	f	abcd	17	III
11	35	f	abd	60	II, III
12	53	m	abd	8	II, III
13	57	f	abd	10	II, III
14	64	m	ab	13	III
15	55	f	abc	12	III
16	66	f	abd	60	III
17	47	m	abd	6	II, III
18	49	f	abd	6	II
19	55	f	abcd	84	II, III
20	46	f	abd	12	I
21	56	f	ab	24	II
22	55	f	ab	20	III
23	40	m	ab	6	II, III
24	51	f	abcd	7	II, III
25	58	f	abcd	18	III
26	62	f	abcd	36	III
27	46	m	abd	12	III
28	60	m	abcd	29	III
29	41	m	abc	35	III
30	60	m	ab	25	III