Research Article
The Effects of Spinal Manipulation Added to Exercise on Pain and Quality of Life in Patients with Thoracic Spinal Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 1
Baseline comparison of the mean (SD) of the VAS score and the 8 domains of SF 36 between the control and experimental group.
| Variables | Control () | Experimental () |
| Gender (% males) | 70 () | 68 () | Age (years) | | | VAS score | 6.58 (1.41) | 6.50 (1.55) | Physical functioning | 25.12 (20.22) | 27.10 (20.12) | Role limitation due to physical health | 30.60 (19.07) | 33.70 (26.02) | Role limitation due to emotional problems | 35.32 (21.74) | 38.15 (23.58) | Energy/fatigue | 25.10 (16.97) | 25.69 (18.33) | Emotional well-being | 26.58 (22.21) | 25.04 (18.42) | Social functioning | 29.92 (23.06) | 29.40 (17.85) | Pain | 21.89 (19.14) | 22.54 (16.57) | General health | 27.44 (16.77) | 27.00 (19.40) |
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