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Table 2. Summary of Scores Regarding Treatment Groups and Comparison Results.

		Group 1 (n=30)	Group 2 (n=30)	Group 3 (n=30)	p (Between Groups)
Pain Disability Index	Before	31 (16 - 61) ^a	30.5 (18 - 60) ^a	31 (13 - 46) ^a	0.039 ⁽¹⁾
	After	17 (0 - 45) ^b	17.5 (3 - 44) ^b	16.5 (0 - 30) ^b
	3rd Month	14.5 (0 - 32) ^b	7 (0 - 24) ^c	7 (0 - 27) ^c
p (Within Groups)		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
VAS	Before	7 (3 - 9) ^a	7 (5 - 10) ^a	6.5 (3 - 9) ^a	0.011 ⁽²⁾
	After	3 (0 - 6) ^b	3 (0 - 5) ^b	3 (0 - 5) ^b
	3rd Month	3 (0 - 5) ^b	1 (0 - 4) ^c	1 (0 - 5) ^b
p (Within Groups)		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Modified Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire	Before	24.5 (7 - 40) ^a	21.5 (11 - 35) ^a	21.5 (12 - 38) ^a	0.895
	After	17 (3 - 30) ^b	13.5 (3 - 25) ^b	12.5 (4 - 33) ^b
	3rd Month	13.5 (2 - 28) ^b	11 (0 - 24) ^b	9 (3 - 30) ^b
p (Within Groups)		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Beck Depression Inventory	Before	10.5 (1 - 22)	9 (0 - 27) ^a	9.5 (2 - 38) ^a	0.189
	After	10 (2 - 22)	7 (0 - 18) ^ab	7 (2 - 21) ^b
	3rd Month	10 (0 - 25)	5 (0 - 20) ^b	8.5 (1 - 25) ^b
p (Within Groups)		0.781	0.016	0.005
Data given as median (minimum - maximum)
Same letters denote lack of significant difference between repeated measurements.
(1) No significant difference between Group 2 and Group 3.
(2) Significant difference is only between Group 1 and Group 2.