Mean change in scores   Treatment Groups NCSR CPT Adjusted Mean Difference (95% CI) P VAS (0-10 cm) -4.4† -1.7 -2.7 (-3.9 to -1.5) 0.000** ODI (0-100%) -12.1† -7.4 -4.7 (-9.6 to 2.4) 0.062 RSLR (°) 10.5 14.5 -4 (-12.7 to 4.8) 0.368 LSLR  (°) 10.4 15.5 -5.1 (-13.4 to 3.1) 0.218 Trunk Flexion (°) 13.2 11.8 1.4 (-6.1 to 8.9) 0.709 Trunk extension (°) 10.6 8.2 2.4 (-3.3 to 8.2) 0.400 Ito test (s) 49 22.6 26.4 (3.6 to 49.1) 0.024* Shirado test (s) 32.8 14.6 18.2 (7.3 to 29.1) 0.002** PILE (kg) 5.5 2.7 2.8 (1.6 to 4.2) 0.000** *P is significant at the < 0.05 level (2-tailed). ** P is significant at the < 0.01 level (2-tailed). †>MCIC Abbreviations: CPT:Conventional Physiotherapy; LSLR:Left Straight Leg Raising; NCSR: Non-pain-Contingent Spine Rehabilitation; ODI: Oswestry Disability Index; PILE: Progressive Isoinertial Lifting Evaluation; RSLR: Right Straight Leg Raising; SD: Standard Deviation; VAS: Visual Analogue Scale.

Table 3: Comparison of the mean improvement in outcomes after 6 weeks of intervention between the spine rehabilitation and conventional physiotherapy groups.