Table 3.
Baseline and follow-up primary outcome scores and results of analysis comparing MDT classifications.
| Assessment time/variable | MDT classifications |
p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derangement (n = 35) | Dysfunction (n = 20) | Spinal (n = 27) | ||
| Baseline | ||||
| NPRS, mean (SD) | 5.4 (1.9) | 4.7 (2.1) | 5.7 (1.6) | 0.15* |
| UEFI, mean (SD) | 56.0 (15.1) | 54.2 (16.0) | 52.3 (16.3) | 0.66* |
| Week 2 | ||||
| NPRS, mean (SD) | 1.53 (1.71) | 3.35 (1.87) | 1.26 (1.32) | <0.001 |
| UEFI, mean (SD) | 72.89 (7.40) | 59.30 (14.85) | 72.81 (5.76) | <0.001 |
| Week 4 | ||||
| NPRS, mean (SD) | 0.86 (1.16) | 1.77 (1.47) | 0.68 (1.12) | 0.008 |
| UEFI, mean (SD) | 75.68 (5.47) | 65.45 (16.07) | 76.40 (4.18) | <0.001 |
Abbreviations: MDT, Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy; NPRS, Numeric Pain Rating Scale; UEFI, Upper Extremity Functional Index; SD, standard deviation.
*
not significant.