Table 2: Lumbar range of motion pretreatment and posttreatment values.

	Group I		Group II		Group III		p
	Avg. ± s.s.	Median	Avg. ± s.s.	Median	Avg. ± s.s.	Median
Lumber FLX
Pretreatment	15.0 ± 7.1	20.0	15.6 ± 12.4	10.0	16.7 ± 19.4	10.0	0.0962
Post-Injection	5.0 ± 5.3	5.0	7.2 ± 9.7	0.0	9.4 ± 11.3	5.0	0.786
1st week	11.0 ± 5.7	10.0	6.7 ± 10.0	0.0	8.9 ± 11.7	0.0	0.405
4th week	12.0 ± 6.3	10.0	6.7 ± 10.0	0.0	6.1 ±8.6	0.0	0.168
3rd month	12.0 ± 6.3	10.0	4.4 ± 7.3	0.0	3.3 ± 5.2	0.0	0.014
Lumber EXT
Pretreatment	35.0 ± 14.3	35.0	31.1 ± 12.7	30.0	34.4 ± 23.5	30.0	0.796
Post-Injection	23.0 ± 11.6	20.0	23.3 ± 12.2	20.0	20.0 ± 13.2	20.0	0.937
1st week	26.0 ± 10.7	25.0	16.7 ± 12.2	10.0	10.0 ± 113.2	0.0	0.035
4th week	25.0 ± 9.7	30.0	10.0 ± 10.0	10.0	5.6 ± 8.8	0.0	0.002
3rd month	25.0 ± 9.7	30.0	7.8 ± 6.7	10.0	3.8 ± 5.2	0.0	0.000
Lumber Lat FLX
Pretreatment	25.0 ± 5.3	25.0	32.2 ± 9.7	30.0	31.11 ± 20.9	30.0	0.127
Post-Injection	16.0 ± 7.0	15.0	20.0 ± 7.1	20.0	18.9 ± 18.3	20.0	0.509
1st week	19.0 ± 7.4	20.0	16.7 ± 8.7	20.0	7.8 ± 10.9	0.0	0.051
4th week	19.0 ± 7.4	20.0	11.11 ± 7.8	10.0	4.4 ± 10.1	0.0	0.005
3rd month	17.0 ± 6.7	20.0	10.0 ± 7.1	10.0	2.2 ± 6.7	0.0	0.001
Lumber Rot
Pretreatment	26.0 ± 7.0	25.0	28.9 ± 9.3	30.0	24.4 ± 15.9	20.0	0.352
Post-Injection	14.0 ± 7.0	10.0	18.9 ± 6.0	20.0	13.3 ± 10.0	10.0	0.206
1st week	18.0 ± 7.9	20.0	15.6 ± 8.8	20.0	5.6 ± 5.3	0.0	0.006
4th week	20.0 ± 8.2	20.0	10.0 ± 7.1	10.0	1.1 ± 3.3	0.0	0.000
3rd month	18.0 ± 7.9	20.0	8.9 ± 6.0	10.0	1.1 ± 3.3	0.0	0.000
Kruskal-wallis (Mann-whitney u test)