Table 2 Between Group Differences and Effect Size for Pain, Functional Disability, BME, Lumbar ROM and Quality of Life

VAS (0–10)

2.56 ± 1.05

3.63 ± 0.94

1.07 ± 0.32

1.07 (0.53–1.61)

< 0.001*

ODI (0–100)

16.56 ± 4.95

22.20 ± 6.41

5.65 ± 1.48

0.98 (0.45–1.52)

< 0.001*

BME (sec.)

59.46 ± 27.24

45.53 ± 16.88

13.93 ± 5.85

0.61 (0.09–1.13)

0.002*

ROM (Flex)

6.92 ± 0.90

4.30 ± 1.20

2.62 ± 0.27

2.47 (1.79–3.14)

< 0.001*

ROM (Ext.)

3.53 ± 1.35

2.57 ± 0.78

0.96 ± 0.28

0.87 (0.34–1.40)

< 0.001*

SF-36-PF

59.00 ± 7.81

53.87 ± 17.44

5.13 ± 3.49

0.38(−0.13–0.89)

0.154

SF-36-RP

64.27 ± 9.45

58.50 ± 9.09

5.77 ± 2.39

0.622 (0.10–1.14)

0.019*

SF-36-BP

52.50 ± 9.98

46.17 ± 9.54

6.33 ± 2.52

0.649 (0.13–1.16)

0.016*

SF-36-GH

31.87 ± 8.71

32.07 ± 7.18

0.20 ± 2.06

0.025(−0.48–0.53)

0.923

SF-36-VT

53.72 ± 17.07

48.33 ± 13.94

5.39 ± 4.02

0.346(−0.16–0.85)

0.333

SF-36-SF

56.50 ± 8.44

54.83 ± 9.96

1.67 ± 2.38

0.181(−0.32–0.68)

0.469

SF-36-RE

55.17 ± 7.48

57.17 ± 7.48

1.70 ± 1.99

0.22(−0.28–0.72)

0.310

SF-36-MH

59.33 ± 10.97

57.33 ± 15.87

2.00 ± 3.52

0.147(−0.36–0.65)

0.573