Table 3.
Results of back pain in the experimental and control groups.
| Self-Report Outcome Median (IQR) VAS (0–10) |
Experimental Group Week 0 |
Experimental Group Week 4 |
p-Value | Control Group Week 0 |
Control Group Week 4 |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Back pain before playing | 6 (0,8) | 0 (0, 8) | 0.04 * | 4.50 (0, 9) | 0 (0, 7) | 0.08 |
| Back pain during practice | 6 (0, 8) | 5 (0, 7) | 0.24 | 6.50 (0,9) | 5 (0, 7) | 0.34 |
| Back pain after playing | 7 (0, 8) | 0 (0, 7) | 0.01 * | 4.50 (0,9) | 4 (0, 7) | 0.46 |
Control group: therapeutic exercise; experimental group: Pilates method and therapeutic exercise; VAS: visual analog scale; results expressed in median (interquartile range); * statistically significant differences when p-value <0.05.