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Egyptian Rheumatology and Rehabilitation

Table 6 Relationship between severity of ODI and VAS compared to MRI morphological classification

From: Evaluation of health related quality of life with the use of Oswestry disability index in degenerative discogenic low back pain

Variable

Bulge (no. = 130)

Protrusion (no. = 192)

Extrusion (no. = 26)

p

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

ODI

45.17 ± 15.01 (14–74)

64.44 ± 15.35 (42–88)

49.84 ± 18.36 (12–70)

< 0.001**

VAS

6.75 ± 0.8 (5–8)

7.56 ± 1.74 (4–10)

7.42 ± 1.42 (3–9)

< 0.001**

  1. VAS visual analogue score, ODI Oswestry Disability Index, SD standard deviation. **Means significance (P ≤ 0.05 is statistically significant). Comparison between independent means using one-way ANOVA statistical test
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