Table 1.
Resource oriented body examination (ROBE)
| Type | ITEM | Category |
IBS patients |
AHC | ||
| 0 wk | 12 wk | 24 wk | ||||
| % | % | % | % | |||
| (a) | ||||||
| Posture | Joint | Flexed | 35 | 30 | 28 | 22 |
| Neutral | 31 | 40b | 48b | 56b | ||
| Extended | 34 | 30 | 24 | 22 | ||
| Muscle | Grade | High | 42 | 37 | 25 | 25 |
| Palpation | Increased | 35 | 26 | 41 | 27 | |
| Neutral | 19 | 30b | 29b | 45 | ||
| Decreased | 4 | 7 | 5 | 3 | ||
| (b) | M Md (IQR) | M Md (IQR) | M Md (IQR) | M Md (IQR) | ||
| Body | ||||||
| Function | 2.2 | 2.5（1） | 2.5 3 (1)b | 2.6 3 (1)b | 2.7 3 (0.5)b | |
Resource oriented body examination for posture, body function and muscle palpation presented in (a) as %, in (b) as M Md(IQR) for IBS patients at 0, 12 and 24 wk of treatment and for AHC group. For body-function, the lower the score is, the more the symptoms are. M denotes mean, Md: median; IQR: inter quartile range; AHC: apparently healthy controls. bP < 0.001 vs IBS patients at 0 wk.