Table 2 ROM of responsible and adjacent vertebrae and Pfirrmann score of adjacent intervertebral disc degeneration
Group | 6-month | 12-month | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre | Post | P | Pre | Post | P | ||
(N = 15) | (N = 16) | ||||||
L4/5 | △L3/4 (°) | 4.33 (3.75) | 2.27 (3.65) | 0.182 | 1.31 (5.13) | 4.31 (4.66) | 0.125 |
△L5/S1 (°) | 3 (0–15) | 1 (−3–5) | 0.937 | 3.75 (6.89) | 6.31 (8.62) | 0.350 | |
SLA-L4/5 (°) | 9.13 (4.41) | 10.67 (4.22) | 0.199 | 11.63 (6.34) | 13.5 (4.20) | 0.133 | |
ROM-SLA (°) | 4.13 (3.14) | 1.93 (1.87) | 0.028 | 3.94 (3.15) | 2.75 (3.45) | 0.240 | |
(N = 14) | (N = 15) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L4/5 | Pfirrmann-L3/4(level) | 5 (3–7) | 4.5 (2–6) | 0.257 | 5 (3–5) | 5 (3–5) | 0.655 |
Pfirrmann-L5/S1(level) | 5 (4–7) | 5 (4–7) | 0.317 | 5 (3–8) | 5 (4–8) | 0.366 |
(N = 15) | (N = 11) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L5/S1 | △L4/5 (°) | 5.07 (5.05) | 5.13 (4.24) | 0.194 | 2.64 (3.11) | 5.00 (5.14) | 0.179 |
SLA(L5/S1) (°) | 18.27 (9.25) | 19.67 (7.19) | 0.524 | 17.91 (10.76) | 17.00 (9.83) | 0.706 | |
ROM-SLA (°) | 3.87 (6.52) | 2.73 (2.46) | 0.972 | 3 (−12–8) | 1 (−7–5) | 0.212 |
(N = 14) | (N = 11) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L5/S1 | Pfirrmann-L4/5(level) | 4.5 (2–8) | 4 (3–8) | 0.957 | 5 (1–8) | 3.5 (2–8) | 0.098 |