Table 5.

Level of pain in the distinct body areas during the last 7 days according to the Numeric Rating Scale (0- 10)

Location	Mean (SD)			Percentage of improvement		P
	Pre	Post	FU	Post-pre	FU-pre	Post-pre	FU-pre
Neck	4.59 (3.66)	3.40 (3.26)	2.09 (2.80)	25.92	54.46	0.107	0.001**
Shoulder	3.50 (3.60)	3.08 (3.23)	1.74 (2.78)	12.00	49.71	0.900	0.006*
Lower back	3.83 (3.38)	1.08 (2.20)	1.74 (2.50)	71.80	54.56	0.001**	0.005*
Elbow/forearm	1.33 (2.93)	0.58 (1.61)	0.52 (1.38)	56.39	60.90	0.186	0.186
Wrist/hand	0.92 (2.20)	0.54 (0.57)	0.58 (0.68)	41.30	36.95	0.063	0.063

SD=Standard deviation, PRE=Pre-intervention, POST=Postintervention, FU=Follow-up. Using Friedman test. *For P < 0.05; **for P < 0.001