Effects of Neurodynamic Mobilization on Health-Related Quality of Life and Cervical Deep Flexors Endurance in Patients of Cervical Radiculopathy: A Randomized Trial

Table 3

Comparison of the baseline craniocervical flexion and 8 domain of SF 36 between the experimental and control group.

Variable	Group ()	Baseline IQR	Baseline mean ranks	Man Whitney U	Sig. (2-tailed) and effect size (Cohen’s )
Craniocervical flexion	Experimental	21 (20 to 24)	42.24	868.50	,
	Control	22 (20 to 24)	46.76
Physical functioning–SF36	Experimental	35 (20 to 55)	42.82	894.0	,
	Control	40 (21.25 to 55)	46.18
Role limitation due to physical health–SF36	Experimental	0 (0 to 25)	46.30	889.0	,
	Control	0 (0 to 0)	42.70
Role limitation due to emotional problem–SF36	Experimental	0 (0 to 33)	42.73	890.0	,
	Control	16.65 (0 to 66.7)	46.27
Energy/fatigue–SF36	Experimental	45 (30.5 to 50)	44.69	959.50	,
	Control	42.5 (35 to 50)	44.31
Emotional wellbeing–SF36	Experimental	52 (44 to 60)	46.73	870.0	,
	Control	52 (40 to 56)	42.27
Social functioning–SF36	Experimental	43.75 (37.5 to 62.5)	42.94	899.50	,
	Control	50 (37.5 to 62.5)	46.6
Pain–SF36	Experimental	45 (43.12 to 45)	43.24	912.50	,
	Control	45 (45 to 45)	45.76
General health perception–SF36	Experimental	40 (35 to 55)	47.76	824.50	,
	Control	35 (31.25 to 45)	41.24