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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 2 Instruments scores before and after treatment

From: Responsiveness and minimum important change of the Oswestry Disability Index in Italian subjects with symptomatic lumbar spondylolisthesis

Method

N

Mean ± standard deviations (SD)

Pre-treatment

Post-treatment

Difference within groups

NRS

 Improved

120

42.6 ± 21.8

14.5 ± 16.0

−28.1 ± 20.4

 Not improved

31

52.4 ± 20.0

39.5 ± 19.5

−12.9 ± 20.0

 Total

151

44.6 ± 21.7

19.6 ± 19.5

−25.0 ± 20.6

ODI-I

 Improved

120

22.2 ± 13.1

9.7 ± 8.5

−12.5 ± 10.0

 Not improved

31

23.2 ± 14.5

21.1 ± 16.3

−2.2 ± 13.1

 Total

151

22.4 ± 12.0

12.0 ± 11.4

−10.4 ± 10.4

PBT

 Improved

120

21.7 ± 25.2

43.0 ± 32.8

21.2 ± 23.4

 Not improved

31

14.4 ± 20.0

20.0 ± 23.8

5.6 ± 9.6

 Total

151

20.2 ± 24.7

38.3 ± 32.4

18.0 ± 19.6

SBT

 Improved

120

76.8 ± 60.2

125.4 ± 54.8

48.6 ± 50.6

 Not improved

31

56.3 ± 54.8

70.7 ± 59.0

14.5 ± 27.5

 Total

151

72.6 ± 59.6

114.2 ± 59.7

41.6 ± 50.0

  1. Data are expressed as means ± standard deviations (SD)
  2. N number, ODI-I Oswestry Disability Index (Italian version), NRS numerical rating scale, PBT prone bridge test, SBT supine bridge test