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Table 5 Clinical evaluation: JOA scores and NDI scores

From: Asymmetrical degenerative marrow (Modic) changes in cervical spine: prevalence, correlative factors, and surgical outcomes

Ā 

JOA

NDI

Preoperative

Final follow-up

p value

Preoperative

Final follow-up

p value

Group AM

7.92ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.21

12.66ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.97

<ā€‰0.001

21.67ā€‰Ā±ā€‰7.76

8.13ā€‰Ā±ā€‰5.91

<ā€‰0.001

Group CM

7.49ā€‰Ā±ā€‰2.31

12.42ā€‰Ā±ā€‰1.88

<ā€‰0.001

20.83ā€‰Ā±ā€‰8.90

9.06ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.56

<ā€‰0.001

p

0.180

0.269

Ā 

0.588

0.165

Ā