Table 4.
Changes in the SF-36 domains.
SF-36
Group
Baseline
6 weeks
12 weeks
Functional Capacity
ETG
95 (85-96)
95 (77–96)
95 (86-100)
CTG
95 (75-97)
95 (80–97)
95 (70-97)
CG
85 (65-91)
80 (66-91)
82 (68–90)
Physical Aspects
ETG
100 (68-100)
100 (75-100)
87 (75-100)
CTG
75 (62-100)
75 (75–100)
100 (75-100)
CG
100 (75-100)
100 (37-100)
100 (37–100)
Pain
ETG
72 (51-100)
72 (67–80)
73 (61-88)
CTG
62 (56-79)
74 (67–100)
74 (67–100)
*
CG
59 (48-72)
56 (38–88)
61 (51-88)
General State
ETG
75 (57-89)
82 (70–87)
82 (7-87)
CTG
67 (54-84)
62 (52–84)
67 (52-96)
CG
84 (65-92)
84 (64–92)
84 (70-92)
Vitality
ETG
71 (62-76)
73 (65–87)
79 (65-91)
CTG
65 (52-85)
80 (67-85)
80 (67-92)
CG
70 (53-77)
65 (57-80)
70 (65-80)
Social Aspects
ETG
84 (59-100)
85 (71-100)
94 (68-100)
CTG
100 (81-100)
100 (87-100)
100 (87-100)
CG
87 (87-100)
87 (75-100)
87 (75-100)
Emotional Aspects
ETG
83 (50-100)
100 (100-100)
100 (66-100)
CTG
100 (66-100)
100 (83-100)
100 (83–100)
CG
83 (24-100)
100 (100-100)
100 (66-100)
Mental Health
ETG
80 (65-93)
80 (78-85)
84 (76-94)
CTG
72 (66-78)
88 (64–94)
88 (74-98)
CG
72 (55-88)
76 (65–88)
72 (65-86)
SF-36: Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form Health Survey; ETG: Elastic tubing group; CTG: Conventional training group; CG: Control group.
* p < 0.05.