Table 3 .
Differences in Pain, Function, and Quality of Life at Measurement Time Points
| Outcome and time point | Mean (SD) |
p-value | 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCNM | UC | |||
| NPRS | ||||
| Baseline | 6.9 (1.6) | 7.0 (1.1) | 0.67 | −0.5, 0.8 |
| 3 wk | 3.4 (2.1) | 3.7 (2.6) | 0.50 | −0.6, 1.5 |
| 6 wk | 2.9 (2.6) | 3.5 (2.5) | 0.34 | −0.6, 1.8 |
| 6 mo | 1.5 (1.9) | 2.6 (2.5) | 0.033 | 0.1, 2.2 |
| 12 mo | 1.3 (1.6) | 2.4 (3.0) | 0.05 | −0.1, 2.0 |
| PSFS | ||||
| Baseline | 13.6 (6.5) | 14.3 (6.3) | 0.65 | −2.3, 3.7 |
| 3 wk | 20.9 (6.8) | 20.7 (7.5) | 0.86 | −3.7, 3.1 |
| 6 wk | 22.7 (7.5) | 22.3 (7.2) | 0.81 | −3.9, 3.1 |
| 6 mo | 25.3 (5.4) | 25.4 (4.9) | 0.82 | −2.7, 2.5 |
| 12 mo | 26.4 (5.8) | 26.7 (4.1) | 0.99 | −2.7, 2.5 |
| EQ-5D | ||||
| Baseline | 72.4 (19.6) | 72.4 (15.8) | 0.99 | −8.7, 8.6 |
| 3 wk | 80.7 (11.0) | 79.1 (15.2) | 0.45 | −8.1, 3.6 |
| 6 wk | 84.1 (11.1) | 83.0 (11.8) | 0.70 | −6.3, 4.3 |
| 6 mo | 85.3 (11.1) | 83.7 (11.3) | 0.37 | −8.1, 3.0 |
| 12 mo | 86.1 (10.0) | 83.2 (13.5) | 0.20 | −9.0, 1.9 |
UCNM = usual care + neural mobilization; UC = usual care; NPRS = Numerical Pain Rating Scale; PSFS = Patient-Specific Functional Scale; EQ-5D = EuroQol 5D instrument.