Table 3

The mean SPADI and pain scores with their 95% confidence intervals

Week 0 Active (n=56) Placebo (n=52)Week 1 Active (n=55) Placebo (n=51)Week 4 Active (n=52) Placebo (n=46)Week 12 Active (n=53) Placebo (n=48)
Outcome measurement (max score)MeanCIMeanCIMeanCIMeanCI
SPADI – total (100)
    Active68.1(63.7 to 72.6)51.6(46.9 to 56.2)55.0(49.9 to 60.2)55.5(49.3 to 61.7)
    Placebo66.5(61.4 to 71.6)63.7(57.9 to 69.5)64.3(59.1 to 69.5)63.9(57.8 to 69.8)
SPADI – pain (100)
    Active68.1(63.8 to 72.4)45.2(40.5 to 49.9)51.4(45.9 to 56.9)52.2(45.4 to 59.1)
    Placebo66.4(61.2 to 71.6)63.4(57.9 to 68.9)61.5(55.7 to 67.4)60.5(54.0 to 67.1)
SPADI – disability (100)
    Active68.2(62.8 to 73.6)57.9(52.2 to 63.7)58.7(52.9 to 64.5)58.8(52.5 to 65.1)
    Placebo66.5(60.4 to 72.7)63.9(56.9 to 71.0)67.2(61.2 to 73.1)67.1(60.4 to 73.8)
Pain at rest (100)
    Active44.7(38.8 to 50.6)29.3(23.4 to 35.1)30.4(24.6 to 36.2)32.0(25.9 to 38.1)
    Placebo46.2(39.5 to 52.9)42.9(35.2 to 50.5)40.1(32.0 to 48.1)48.2(40.5 to 55.8)
Pain at night (100)
    Active60.2(53.6 to 66.8)39.1(32.2 to 45.9)39.2(31.8 to 46.5)44.7(37.3 to 52.1)
    Placebo58.2(50.5 to 65.8)51.7(43.4 to 59.9)47.8(39.4 to 56.3)55.9(47.7 to 64.0)
Pain on movement (100)
    Active71.1(65.0 to 77.2)50.0(44.2 to 55.9)54.4(47.5 to 61.3)52.8(45.5 to 60.2)
    Placebo67.5(61.4 to 73.6)59.0(51.7 to 66.3)60.2(52.5 to 67.9)64.5(57.2 to 71.7)