The effect of therapeutic exercise and vegan diet on pain and quality of life in young female patients with chronic non-specific neck pain

Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy

Table 2 The neck disability, kinesiophobia and VAS scores of participants

		Diet	Exercise	Control	TS^a			TS^c
		Diet	Exercise	Control	F	p	r	F	p	r
VAS (cm)	Pre	6.07±1.16 6 (5; 7)	6.4±1.06 6 (6; 7)	6.8±0.94 7 (6; 8)	1.810	0.176	0.079	*42.124*	*0.001*	*0.667*
VAS (cm)	Post	2.67±1.18 2 (2; 4)	3.33±1.23 3 (3; 4)	6.8±1.15 7 (6; 8)	*52.524*	*0.001*	*0.714*	*42.124*	*0.001*	*0.667*
TS^b		*F=138.632* *p=0.001* *r=0.767*	*F=112.782* *p=0.001* *r=0.729*	F=0.001 p=0.999 r=0.001
NSI	Pre	35.47±10.13 38 (28; 42)	35.87±12.29 34 (28; 50)	37.07±7.67 38 (32; 42)	0.100	0.905	0.005	*19.694*	*0.001*	*0.484*
NSI	Post	14.4±10.26 14 (8; 16)	18.4±4.85 18 (16; 22)	36.73±7.86 38 (35; 42)	*33.485*	*0.001*	*0.615*	*19.694*	*0.001*	*0.484*
TS^b		*F=71.217* *p=0.001* *r=0.629*	*F=48.956* *p=0.001* *r=0.538*	F=0.018 p=0.894 r=0.001
TSK	Pre	41.8±5 43 (41; 45)	40.73±5.13 40 (36; 44)	42.93±3.03 42 (40; 46)	0.899	0.415	0.041	*7.542*	*0.002*	*0.264*
TSK	Post	35.93±3.88 36 (32; 39)	36.47±6.65 35 (32; 40)	42.87±3.11 42 (41; 46)	*9.704*	*0.001*	*0.316*	*7.542*	*0.002*	*0.264*
TS^b		*F=28.926* *p=0.001* *r=0.408*	*F=15.3* *p=0.001* *r=0.267*	F=0.004 p=0.952 r=0.001

TS test statistics, pre first measurement, post last measurement, F two-way analysis of variance in repeated measures, r effect size. ^aComparison between groups, ^bintra-group comparison, ^ccomparison of pre and post values between groups, summary statistics mean ± standard deviation; given as median (first quartile–third quartile) values