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Table 2 Time course changes of detailed LBP VAS scores

From: Characteristics of relief and residual low back pain after discectomy in patients with lumbar disc herniation: analysis using a detailed visual analog scale

LBP

Before surgery

3 months after surgery

6 months after surgery

1 year after surgery

in motion

62.8 (29.9)*

15.5 (20.1)

12.5 (18.2)

13.2 (19.5)

while standing

61.6 (31.6)

12.7 (16.7)

11.9 (16.5)

13.8 (18.9)

while sitting

56.6 (32.9)

14.8 (19.2)

13.8 (18.5)

17.3 (22.0)†

  1. Reported as mean (SD)
  2. * Significantly higher than LBP in sitting (paired t-test, t(64) = 1.997, p = 0.025)
  3. † Significantly higher than LBP in in motion (paired t-test, t(64) = 2.200, p = 0.015)
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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