Research Article

Effects of One-Fifth, One-Third, and One-Half of the Bodyweight Lumbar Traction on the Straight Leg Raise Test and Pain in Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Respondent’s demographic data, , and values for the Shapiro-Wilk test of normality.

Group A valueGroup B valueGroup C value

Age (years)0.160.540.11
Height (cm)0.300.070.27
Weight (kg)0.530.290.96
BMI (kg/m2)0.060.010.94
PreSLR (degrees)0.870.850.15
PreVAS (cm)≤0.01≤0.01≤0.01

Significant. BMI: body mass index; SLR: straight leg raise; VAS: visual analog scale.