Table 3.

Functional evaluation via climbing degrees

Follow-up period	Treatment group	Control group	P value
	Mean ± SS	Mean ± SS
1 week	58.33 ± 2.46	55.63 ± 3.99	0.001 (p< 0.05)
3 weeks	55.45 ± 2.7	55.91 ± 2.51	0.562
6 weeks	55.5 ± 2.84	56.25 ± 2.75	0.353
9 weeks	57.78 ± 2.64	56.94 ± 3.49	0.258
12 weeks	57.5 ± 5.46	53.57 ± 4.76	0.002 (p < 0.05)