Table 3 The correlations between DASH scores and SF-36

SF-36 physical functioning (PF)

47.2 ± 11.3

−0.63^**

SF-36 role physical (RP)

33.4 ± 19.7

−0.43^*

SF-36 bodily pain (BP)

45.1 ± 12.6

−0.69^**

SF-36 general health (GH)

34.7 ± 11.2

−0.43^*

SF-36 vitality (VT)

42.3 ± 8.3

−0.47^*

SF-36 social functioning (SF)

72.8 ± 10.1

−0.57^**

SF-36 role emotion (RE)

33.5 ± 20.4

−0.27^*

SF-36 mental health (MH)

42.7 ± 11.7

−0.34^*

SF-36 physical component score (PCS)

37.4 ± 15.6

−0.71^**

SF-36 mental component score (MCS)

42.1 ± 17.1

−0.37^*

VAS [0–10]

3.2 ± 1.13

0.58^**