Table 1.

The outcome measures of the study.

Measures	Baseline (T1)	Immediate effect (T2)	Fourth week (T3)	Fifth week (T4)
Overall pain	✓	✓	✓	✓	Visual analog scale
Effort score during active straight leg raise	✓	✓	✓	✓	6-point Likert scale
Maximum isometric hip flexion force	✓	✓	✓	✓	Digital force gauge
Maximum isometric trunk rotation force	✓	✓	✓	✓	Digital force gauge
Maximum isometric hip external rotation force	✓	✓	✓	✓	Digital force gauge
Joint position reproduction of hip abduction	✓	✓	✓	✓	Kinovea software
Activity limitation	✓	✗	✓	✓	Modified Oswestry Disability Index