Research Article
Effect of Nonsurgical Spinal Decompression on Intensity of Pain and Herniated Disc Volume in Subacute Lumbar Herniated Disc
Table 1
Comparison of demographic and clinical variables between the decompression and nondecompression groups.
| | Decompression group (n = 26) | Nondecompression group (n = 17) | value |
| Age | 40.3 ± 11.5 | 47.4 ± 8.9 | 0.149 | Sex, Male/Female (%) | 11/15 (42.3/57.7) | 10/7 (58.8/41.2) | 0.358 | Height (cm) | 165.8 ± 9.5 | 168.5 ± 8.3 | 0.630 | Body mass (kg) | 69.2 ± 13.2 | 69.5 ± 11.1 | 0.658 | Symptom duration (weeks) | 7.6 ± 2.6 | 7.7 ± 2.1 | 0.906 |
| Level of L-HIVD | | | 0.133 | L4–5 | 12 | 12 | | L5–S1 | 14 | 5 | |
| Type of L-HIVD | | | 0.516 | Central | 20 | 10 | | Paracentral | 2 | 3 | | Foraminal | 1 | 2 | | Mixed | 3 | 2 | |
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. L-HIVD, lumbar herniated intervertebral disc. |