Effectiveness of Hydrogalvanic Bath on Improving Pain, Disability, and Quality of Life in Individuals with Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Demographic and baseline characteristics of the study population.

Variable	Experimental mean ± SD	Control mean ± SD	value
Age (yrs.)	47.65 ± 7.71	49.47 ± 6.22	0.496
Gender (M : F)	07 : 10	09 : 08	0.345
Height (mt)	1.67 ± 0.08	1.63 ± 0.12	0.205
Weight (kg)	73.35 ± 7.50	72.12 ± 8.96	0.683
BMI (kg/mt^2)	26.57 ± 4.14	27.45 ± 5.24	0.634
SF-36	37.71 ± 3.80	40.47 ± 5.72	0.106
NDI (neck disability)	28.29 ± 2.71	30.59 ± 7.00	0.708
VAS (pain intensity)	6.53 ± 1.23	6.41 ± 1.37	0.658
Pain radiation
Neck pain	13	14	0.234
Arm pain	04	03	0.524

BMI: body mass index; NDI: Neck Disability Index; VAS: visual analog sale.