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Published in final edited form as: Muscle Nerve. 2016 Mar 1;53(5):694–699. doi: 10.1002/mus.24932

Table 2.

Mean norm-based scores on the 8 domains of the SF-36 version 2 and the summary scores (PCS, Physical Component Summary and MCS, Mental Component Summary). For reference, standard scores ±SD are provided in parentheses Norm-based scores were used in the analyses.

	Mean norm-based score ±SD
PCS	38.4±10.5 (NA^*)
MCS	47.6±10.9 (NA^*)
Physical functioning	36.5 ±11.9 (45.1±31.0)
Role physical	37.1 ±12.5 (44.2 ±34.7)
Bodily pain	45.6 ±11.7 (59.4 ±29.0)
General health perception	42.9 ±11.8 (50.4 ±24.8)
Vitality	44.5 ±10.8 (45.4 ±22.7)
Social functioning	42.4 ±12.3 (62.8 ±30.7)
Role emotional	41.6 ±13.6 (65.2 ±32.6)
Mental health	48.7±9.8 (70.8 ±18.7)

Summary scores are only calculated as norm-based scores.