Between 5th week and baseline Between 10th week and baseline Between 10th and 5th week   Centralized Partially centralized p-value Centralized Partially centralized p-value Centralized Partially centralized p-value FABQ-PA -11.1 ± 3.7 -4.9 ± 4.6 <0.001 -10.1 ± 4.5 0.7 ± 2.9 <0.001 1.0 ± 2.8 5.6 ± 4.0 <0.001 FABQ-W -6.4 ± 4.9 -9.7 ± 10.8 0.061 -4.7 ± 5.4 -1.4 ± 4.1 <0.001 1.6 ± 4.5 11.2 ± 10.9 <0.001 DBQ -6.9 ± 5.2 -5.1 ± 6.3 0.121 -4.0 ± 6.0 -1.4 ± 5.5 0.022 2.8 ± 4.6 3.7 ± 5.6 0.386 Overall Pain -39.4 ± 15.0 -21.1 ± 14.0 <0.001 -35.7 ± 17.8 -10.8 ± 14.3 <0.001 3.7 ± 22.5 10.3 ± 15.7 0.080 CW                   Time (seconds) -23.2 ± 13.6 -25.8 ± 12.9 0.337 -26.5 ± 12.3 -21.5 ± 13.3 0.054 -3.3 ± 6.0 4.3 ± 16.8 0.007 AP -23.4 ± 23.4 -3.3 ± 11.1 <0.001 -6.2 ± 27.2 -0.2 ± 11.4 0.129 17.2 ± 31.9 3.1 ± 2.6 0.001 ARP -11.2 ± 8.2 -3.5 ± 28.5 0.049 -11.0 ± 13.9 11.7 ± 18.9 <0.001 0.2 ± 12.0 15.1 ± 14.9 <0.001 FW                   Time (seconds) -9.9 ± 6.4 -9.8 ± 10.8 0.938 -9.9 ± 7.7 -9.1 ± 10.5 0.657 0.001 ± 4.8 0.7 ± 2.4 0.332 AP -16.2 ± 18.6 -4.7 ± 6.8 <0.001 -6.0 ± 18.4 1.6 ± 7.6 0.005 10.2 ± 12.6 6.3 ± 8.4 0.081 ARP -20.3 ± 14.7 7.0 ± 6.6 <0.001 -13.2 ± 17.0 13.9 ± 8.7 <0.001 7.1 ± 19.2 6.9 ± 7.1 0.936 STS                   Time (seconds) -11.50 ± 6.4 -21.4 ± 15.7 <0.001 -4.7 ± 6.3 -13.4 ± 11.9 <0.001 6.7 ± 6.9 8.1 ± 11.6 0.502 AP -2.5 ± 27.8 -22.3 ± 22.4 <0.001 1.6 ± 29.3 -11.5 ± 17.7 0.005 4.1 ± 21.7 10.8 ± 32.7 0.239 ARP -12.4 ± 21.9 1.9 ± 17.1 0.001 -9.6 ± 23.9 6.4 ± 11.0 <0.001 2.8 ± 22.7 4.4 ± 19.7 0.699 TFB                   Time (seconds) -7.4 ± 8.9 -14.4 ± 15.9 0.011 -8.3 ± 11.0 -15.0 ± 15.4 0.016 -0.9 ± 9.9 -0.6 ± 16.0 0.925 AP -16.8 ± 21.1 -11.5 ± 18.7 0.188 -18.3 ± 23.1 -18.2 ± 19.3 0.981 -1.5 ± 18.1 -6.7 ± 15.6 0.129 ARP -24.2 ± 19.6 -30.6 ± 17.7 0.090 -6.2 ± 20.3 -7.4 ± 19.4 0.773 18.0 ± 16.0 23.2 ± 17.2 0.113 Values are expressed as Mean ± Standard Deviation (SD). p-values are generated using Mann Whitney U-test for the comparison between centralized and partially centralized patients. FABQ-PA: fear avoidance beliefs questionnaire-physical activity; FABQ-W: fear avoidance beliefs questionnaire-work; DBQ: disability beliefs questionnaire. CW: customary walking; AP: anticipated pain; ARP: actual reported pain; STS: sit to stand; TFB: trunk forward bending

Table 3: Comparison of change in different task performance times and pain perception scores at 5th and 10th week assessments between centralized and partially centralized patients.