Fig. 3

Box and whisker plots of the SF-36 Health Survey categories showing significant changes during the study: A Physical functioning, B Bodily pain, C Role limitations due to physical health, D Energy/fatigue and E Health change. Statistical analyses were performed using the non-parametric Friedman test followed by the Dunn’s multiple comparison post-hoc test to identify changes from baseline. The following denotes the level of statistical significance; ^nsp > 0.05, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001, ****p < 0.0001 (n = 29)