Table 4.

Mean scores (± SD) of the SF-36 questionnaire subcategories

	All participants (n = 20)	Bracing cohort (n = 9)	Observation cohort (n = 11)	p value
Physical functioning	91 (± 11)	89 (± 13)	93 (± 8)	0.552
Role physical	90 (± 25)	92 (± 18)	89 (± 30)	0.941
Body pain	79 (± 23)	79 (± 22)	79 (± 25)	0.882
General health	80 (± 20)	85 (± 20)	76 (± 20)	0.175
Vitality	71 (± 15)	74 (± 9)	68 (± 18)	0.71
Social functioning	97 (± 7)	99 (± 4)	96 (± 8)	0.552
Role emotional	95 (± 16)	100 (± 0)	91 (± 22)	0.503
Mental health	80 (± 13)	80 (± 11)	80 (± 15)	0.882

Significance defined as p < 0.05