The Effect of Pulsed Radiofrequency Combined with a Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injection on Chronic Lumbar Radicular Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 3

Physical and mental components of the SF-36; mean (SD).

	Baseline	1 month	2 months	3 months	4 months	value
Physical component						0.38
C-group	31 (12)	54 (18)	50 (17)	43 (19)	41 (19)
T-group	33 (10)	52 (17)	51 (11)	47 (12)	41 (11)
Mental component						0.52
C-group	42 (17)	60 (18)	55 (17)	53 (19)	49 (19)
T-group	45 (13)	58 (17)	56 (15)	53 (11)	50 (12)