Table 6.

Mental improvement of patients in different time points

Index	Before treatment (n = 31)	1 month after first treatment (n = 31)	3 months after first treatment (n = 31)	6 months after first treatment (n = 31)
SF-36 score	23.50 ± 7.89	31.60 ± 11.18	41.25 ± 13.35	53.16 ± 14.47
General quality of life	Bad	Bad	Average	Excellent
Oswestry	79.48 ± 7.33	73.38 ± 8.07	65.41 ± 7.55	58.22 ± 7.66
Back pain level	Serious	Serious	Mild	Mild
Barthel ADL	3.35 ± 1.35	4.41 ± 1.78	5.51 ± 2.06	6.48 ± 2.14
P-value	P < 0.05		P > 0.05

p values were determined by t-test.