Table 2.

Pain and function of groups.

	Group 1 (n = 32)	Group 2 (n = 32)	P (MWU)
Pain (VAS 0–10 cm)Baseline3rd week12th week	pA 7.09 ± 1.67 3.62 ± 2.59 † <0.001*4.78 ± 2.80 ‡	pA7.37 ± 1.694.43 ± 2.39 † <0.001* 6.25 ± 2.44 ‡	0.570.190.02*
Change (0–12)	2.31 ± 2.30	1.12 ± 1.99	0.03*
Function (NPDS)	pA	pA
Baseline	60.25 ± 17.01	61.12 ± 19.47	0.84
3rd week	42.03 ± 21.58 † <0.001*	44.53 ± 20.81 † <0.001*	0.63
12th week	48.37 ± 22.30 ‡	54.34 ± 20.74 ‡	0.27

MWU: Mann–Whitney U test, A: ANOVA, †: baseline - 3rd week, ‡: baseline - 12th week differences within groups (Wilcoxon signed ranks test/paired samples test), * P < 0.05.