Table 1. Baseline demographics and clinical characteristics.

	Stabilization exercise (n=30)		Conventional exercise (n=29)
	n	Mean±SD	n	Mean±SD	p
Age (year)		34.8±9.3		38.8±6.9	0.064a
Body mass index (kg/m2)		24.2±4.2		26.4±2.7	0.026a
Duration of neck pain (month)		25.7±34.6		25.6±23.5	0.994a
Sex					0.712b
Male	10		11
Female	20		18
Educational level; primary school	2		3		0.682c
Educational level; at least secondary school	28		26
Visual Analog Scale (0-10)		6.0±1.8		7.2±1.2	0.004a
Range of motion sagittal‡		64.0±15.2		57.2±20.5	0.152a
Range of motion frontal§		63.2±18.5		58.0±14.2	0.237a
Range of motion transverse†		115.2±24.0		106.5±30.8	0.232a
Neck disability index		24.5±12.0		31.6±13.0	0.032a
Beck depression inventory		11.0±10.5		12.4±8.7	0.597a
SD: Standard deviation; a: Independent samples t-test; b: Chi-square test; c: Mann-Whitney U test; ‡ Flexion and extension summed; § Left and right flexions summed; † Left and right rotations summed.