Table 3.

Evolution Eiffel score, HAQ and OWESTRY at 1 month.

	Ultrasound (N = 24)	Scopy (N = 30)	Total (N = 54)	p intergroup comparison
Evolution score EIFEL M1–M0				0.233 (W)
n	23	24	47
Median	−2.0	−1.5	−2.0
Q1–Q3	−3.0 to 0.0	−7.0 to −1.0	−4.0 to 0.0
p-value intra-group comparison	0.041	< 0.001	< 0.001
Evolution score HAQ M1–M0				0.472 (W)
N	23	24	47
Median	−0.1	−0.1	−0.1
Q1–Q3	−0.3 to 0.1	−0.4 to 0.0	−0.4 to 0.0
p-value intra-group comparison	0.180	0.009	0.004
Evolution score OWESTRY M1–M0				0.137 (W)
N	23	23	46
Median	−7.0	−10.0	−7.5
Q1–Q3	−10.0 to 4.0	−14.0 to 0.0	−14.0 to 0.0
p-value intra-group comparison	0.005	< 0.001	< 0.001

(RS) Signed rank test.

(W) Wilcoxon test.