Effects of physical therapy on quality of life in osteoporosis patients - a randomized clinical trial

Table 3 Test results of percentage changes: global score, pain, physical function, social function, health perception, mental function; significance within each group; physiotherapy (PT); sling exercise therapy (ST)

	After training vs. Baseline	Follow-up vs. Baseline	p-value^†	p-value^Φ	p-value^Θ
Global score
PT (n = 21)	4.7 ± 29.9	−2.1 ± 32.3	0.477	0.766	0.179
ST (n = 23)	−14.9 ± 19.9	−25.4 ± 18.4	0.002	<0.001	0.016
Pain
PT (n = 21)	−8.0 ± 45,6	−15.8 ± 46.6	0.442	0.147	0.278
ST (n = 23)	−28.8 ± 29.7	−47.1 ± 36.7	<0.001	<0.001	0.026
Physical function
PT (n = 21)	−9.8 ± 42.2	−14.1 ± 41.3	0.310	0.144	0.570
ST (n = 23)	−27.2 ± 34.9	−44.0 ± 31.5	0.001	<0.001	0.014
Social function
PT (n = 21)	−7.0 ± 44.9	18.8 ± 109.7	0.527	0.490	0.217
ST (n = 23)	8.0 ± 110.1	32.0 ± 182.3	0.731	0.409	0.339
Health perception
PT (n = 21)	−1.6 ± 25.3	1.3 ± 55.6	0.773	0.916	0.821
ST (n = 23)	−16.1 ± 19.7	−12.5 ± 26.7	0.001	0.034	0.491
Mental function
PT (n = 21)	34.9 ± 41.4	15.4 ± 35.5	0.001	0.060	0.075
ST (n = 23)	19.8 ± 36.5	3.4 ± 43.7	0.017	0.716	0.063

Data are expressed as means Â± SD.† comparison after training vs. baseline (one-sample t-test against 0), Φ comparison follow-up vs. baseline (one-sample t test against 0), Θ comparison follow-up vs. after training (paired t-test).

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