Physiotherapy v aerobics v devices in chronic low back pain at 12 months
| Mean score (baseline) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcomes | Physiotherapy§ | Aerobics | Devices | p Value§ |
| §Used a repeated measures analysis of variance. | ||||
| ¶Higher scores = greater disability. | ||||
| **The physiotherapy group differed from the aerobics and devices groups in pattern of change over the course of the study. | ||||
| Highest pain (range 0 to 10) | 4.8 (6.5) | 4.7 (6.4) | 4.5 (6.6) | 0.99 |
| Average pain (range 0 to 10) | 3.2 (4.4) | 3.2 (4.1) | 2.9 (4.2) | 0.90 |
| Pain frequency (range 1 to 4) | 3.0 (3.4) | 2.9 (3.4) | 2.8 (3.4) | 0.82 |
| Disability (range 0 to 24)¶ | 7.4 (8.0) | 6.2 (7.6) | 5.8 (8.3) | 0.03** |