A Comparison of Clinical Outcomes between Early Cervical Spine Stabilizer Training and Usual Care in Individuals following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion

Table 2

Means and standard deviations of the NPRS, NDI, CCF-S, and CCF-E scores for all participants, the usual care (UC) group, and the early cervical stabilizer (ECS) training group.

	All ()	UC ()	ECS training ()	value for interaction
NPRS				0.355
Before surgery
At 6 weeks
At 12 weeks
NDI				0.583
Before surgery
At 6 weeks
At 12 weeks
CCF-S				0.967
Before surgery
At 6 weeks
At 12 weeks
CCF-E				0.727
Before surgery
At 6 weeks
At 12 weeks

values for interactions of repeated measure ANOVAs. NPRS: Numerical Pain Rating; NDI: Neck Disability Index; CCF-S: Craniocervical Flexion Strength test; CCF-E: Craniocervical Flexion Endurance test.