Body awareness therapy: A new strategy for relief of symptoms in irritable bowel syndrome patients

Table 1 Resource oriented body examination (ROBE)

Type	ITEM	Category	IBS patients			AHC
			0 wk	12 wk	24 wk
			%	%	%	%
(a)
Posture	Joint	Flexed	35	30	28	22
		Neutral	31	40b	48b	56b
		Extended	34	30	24	22
Muscle	Grade	High	42	37	25	25
Palpation		Increased	35	26	41	27
		Neutral	19	30b	29b	45
		Decreased	4	7	5	3
(b)			M Md (IQR)	M Md (IQR)	M Md (IQR)	M Md (IQR)
Body
Function		2.2	2.5（1）	2.5 3 (1)b	2.6 3 (1)b	2.7 3 (0.5)b

Resource oriented body examination for posture, body function and muscle palpation presented in (a) as %, in (b) as M Md(IQR) for IBS patients at 0, 12 and 24 wk of treatment and for AHC group. For body-function, the lower the score is, the more the symptoms are. M denotes mean, Md: median; IQR: inter quartile range; AHC: apparently healthy controls. ^bP < 0.001 vs IBS patients at 0 wk.