Table 3.
Change in low back pain disability.
| Intervention (n = 16) | Control (n = 15) | Group difference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | p | Pre | Post | p | Intervention pre-post | Control pre-post | p | |
| Total score | 15.4 ± 5.0 | 4.5 ± 3.3 | <0.001∗ | 14.4 ± 4.1 | 8.9 ± 5.0 | 0.001∗ | 10.9 ± 4.7 | 5.4 ± 3.0 | 0.001∗ |
| Pain intensity | 2.6 ± 0.8 | 0.4 ± 0.5 | 0.001∗ | 2.8 ± 0.8 | 1.7 ± 1.1 | 0.002∗ | 2.2 ± 0.6 | 1.1 ± 0.7 | 0.005∗ |
| Personal care | 1.4 ± 0.8 | 0.1 ± 0.4 | 0.001∗ | 1.1 ± 0.5 | 0.6 ± 0.5 | 0.005∗ | 1.3 ± 0.8 | 0.5 ± 0.5 | 0.011∗ |
| Lifting | 2.3 ± 1.0 | 0.8 ± 0.6 | 0.001∗ | 1.6 ± 0.7 | 1.1 ± 0.8 | 0.007∗ | 1.6 ± 0.8 | 0.5 ± 0.6 | 0.002∗ |
| Walking | 0.9 ± 0.7 | 0.2 ± 0.6 | 0.008∗ | 1.0 ± 0.7 | 0.8 ± 0.6 | 0.083 | 0.7 ± 0.9 | 0.2 ± 0.4 | 0.037∗ |
| Sitting | 2.0 ± 0.8 | 1.0 ± 0.4 | 0.001∗ | 1.6 ± 0.6 | 1.1 ± 0.7 | 0.007∗ | 1.0 ± 0.7 | 0.5 ± 0.6 | 0.085 |
| Standing | 1.9 ± 0.9 | 0.9 ± 0.7 | 0.003∗ | 1.9 ± 0.9 | 1.2 ± 0.7 | 0.005∗ | 1.1 ± 1.0 | 0.7 ± 0.7 | 0.406 |
| Sleeping | 1.4 ± 0.9 | 0.3 ± 0.5 | 0.001∗ | 1.3 ± 0.8 | 0.7 ± 0.6 | 0.021∗ | 1.2 ± 0.8 | 0.6 ± 0.8 | 0.070 |
| Social life | 1.3 ± 0.8 | 0.3 ± 0.6 | 0.003∗ | 1.4 ± 0.6 | 0.9 ± 0.6 | 0.007∗ | 1.1 ± 1.0 | 0.6 ± 0.6 | 0.088 |
| Travelling | 1.5 ± 0.6 | 0.6 ± 0.5 | 0.001∗ | 1.6 ± 0.6 | 0.8 ± 0.7 | 0.002∗ | 0.9 ± 0.6 | 0.8 ± 0.6 | 0.521 |
Values are expressed as mean ± SD. ∗p < 0.05.