Assessment of the correlation between clinical and radiological outcomes in patients suffering from mild to moderate cervical spine dysfunction symptoms: a prospective study

Table 3 Results of Spearman’s test (n = 113)

Variables	P value
Variables	Total Pfirrmann scores	Total Miyazaki scores	Total modified Thompson scores	Total Nakashima scores
Age	0.000**	0.000**	0.000**	0.000**
BMI	0.105	0.370	0.800	0.682
Gender	0.955	0.480	0.641	0.288
Duration of symptoms	0.072	0.033*	0.256	0.043*
Cobb angle	0.895	0.300	0.943	0.795
The score of JOA	0.040*	0.003**	0.015*	0.000**
The score of VAS	0.303	0.286	0.127	0.786
The score of NDI	0.587	0.256	0.421	0.348

*p < 0.05, ** p <0.01
BMI Body mass index, JOA Japanese Orthopaedic Association, VAS visual analog scale, NDI Neck Disability index

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