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Table 2 Questionnaire scores before intervention and at six-months follow up (n = 12)

From: A novel method for neck coordination exercise – a pilot study on persons with chronic non-specific neck pain

 

Before intervention

Median (IQR)

Follow up

Median (IQR)

p-value

NDI

22.0 (16.0–31.5)

15.8, (12.0–33.0)

0.061

SES

94.0, (85,1–96.5)

96.3, (87.8–99.4)

0.415

DASH

31.4, (17.2–40.7)

19.6, (10.3–28.4)

0.038*

TSK

13.8, (11,5–20.2)

7.1, (3.7–15.0)

0.013*

SF-36

   

   pf

90.0, (75.0–91.3)

90.0, (81.3–95.0)

0.026*

   rp

75.0, (37.5–100)

100, (31.3–100)

0.143

   bp

51.0, (38,8–64.5)

62.0, (36.8–69.5)

0.310

   gh

59.5, (44.3–73.3)

77.0, (56.3–90.8)

0.091

   vt

45.0, (30.0–61.25)

67.5, (46.3–80.0)

0.006**

   sf

68.8, (46.9–87.5)

100, (75.0–100)

0.007**

   re

100, (25.0–100)

100, (75.0–100)

0.496

   mh

76.0, (62.0–89.0)

82.0, (80.0–91.0)

0.066

   pcs

47.6, (38.0–50.4)

48.8, (37.5–52.3)

0.209

   mcs

44.6, (32.8–51.0)

52.8, (48.2–55.8)

0.050

  1. Neck Disability Index (NDI), the Self-Efficacy Scale (SES), the Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH), the TAMPA Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) and the Short Form 36 (SF-36) with its eight dimensions: physical functioning (pf), role limitations due to physical problems (rp), bodily pain (bp), general health perceptions (gh), vitality (vt), social functioning (sf), role limitations due to emotional problems (re) and mental health (mh). Physical component summary (pcs) and mental component summary (mcs) represents the summary measures of SF-36.
  2. *p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01.