. 2022 Dec 23;3:1060685. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2022.1060685

Table 5.

Shows comparison of nociceptive flexion reflex parameters NFR threshold, latency, amplitude, duration and area under curve between medical yoga therapy and standard care therapy groups at 3 time points (baseline, at 4 weeks and at 8 weeks of intervention in chronic low back pain patients. Data is checked for normality using Shapiro-Wilk test, data is parametric represented as Mean ± Standard deviation. Comparison between groups is done using unpaired t test and within the group temporally is done using one way ANOVA.

	Baseline	4 weeks	8 weeks	p-value
Parameter	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Baseline vs. 4 wks	Baseline vs. 8 wks
NFR Threshold (V)
MYT	18.91 ± 4.5	24.8 ± 4.52	25.44 ± 3.4	<0.0001^b	<0.0001^c
SCT	17.31 ± 4.64	16.18 ± 3.3	18.54 ± 5.4	0.096	0.083
p-value (bet)	0.089	<0.0001^a	<0.0001^a
NFR Latency (ms)
MYT	113.7 ± 13.5	108.9 ± 11	101.9 ± 6.8	0.0807	0.0001^c
SCT	109.2 ± 15.5	104.3 ± 17	106 ± 15.9	0.0058	0.074
p-value (bet)	0.1611	0.07	0.0807
NFR Amplitude (mV)
MYT	44.87 ± 6.3	68.66 ± 7.7	66.7 ± 10.5	<0.0001^b	<0.0001^c
SCT	45.7 ± 6.1	48.6 ± 9.76	45.6 ± 8.97	0.064	0.18
p-value (bet)	0.98	<0.0001^a	<0.0001^a
NFR Duration (ms)
MYT	56.55 ± 6.7	58.85 ± 7.9	53.8 ± 6.75	0.07	0.03^c
SCT	58.55 ± 8.7	60.58 ± 8	55.4 ± 10.7	0.063	0.04^c
p-value (bet)	0.074	0.14	0.084
NFR AUC (mVs)
MYT	2244.46 ± 43	2430.6 ± 8	2598.86 ± 6	0.004^b	0.001^c
SCT	2435.5 ± 45	2744.8 ± 6	2974 ± 59.4	0.01^b	0.009
p-value (bet)	0.075	<0.0001^a	<0.0001^a

Level of significance is set at 5% and denoted by:

^{^a}

(comparison between Medical Yoga therapy and Standard Care therapy).

^{^b}

(baseline vs. 4 weeks).

^{^c}

(baseline vs. 8 week).