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Table 1 Subject characteristics for the present group of male and female LBP patients

From: Reliability and measurement error of frontal and horizontal 3D spinal motion parameters in 219 patients with chronic low back pain

  

Male (n = 87)

Females (n = 132)

 

Mean (SD)

95 % CI

Range

Mean (SD)

95 % CI

Range

Age (years)

44.7 (11.3)

[42.7 - 47.1]

22-64

45.9 (11)

[43.9 - 47.8]

22-65

Height (cm)

178 (6.3)

[176–179.3]

164-196

163.3 (8.3)

[161.3 - 164.7]

133-183

Weight (kg)

89.2 (15.2)

[87.2 - 92.4]

66-159

75.1 (16.7)

[73.1 - 77.9]

45-133

BMI

28.1 (4.7)

[26.1 – 34]

19.3-49.6

28.2(6.2)

[26.2 - 29.3]

18.7-47.2

Activity level

2.4 (1.3)

[0.4 - 2.9]

0-4

2.4 (1.2)

[0.4 - 2.6]

0-4

Past episodes of back pain

3.4 (0.6)

[1.4 - 4.1]

1-4

3.2(0.9)

[1.2 - 3.5]

0-4

S1 LBP past week

5.1 (1.6)

[3.1 - 6.2]

3-9

5.2 (1.6)

[3.2 - 5.5]

3-10

S2 LBP past week

5.3 (1.6)

[3.3 - 6.4]

2-8

5.1 (1.8)

[3.1 - 5.4]

2-10

S1 LP past week

2.1 (2.4)

[0.1 - 2.5]

0-9

2.3 (2.6)

[0.3 - 2.7]

0-10

S2 LP past week

2.0 (2.5)

[0–2.4]

0-8

2.1 (2.5)

[0.1 - 2.5]

0-10

S1 Roland Morris (0–23)

8.1 (4.4)

[6.1 - 9.8]

2-17

8.8 (4.3)

[6.8 - 9.5]

1-21

S2 Roland Morris (0–23)

8.0 (5.0)

[6–9.7]

0-23

8.7 (4.9)

[6.7 - 9.5]

0-21

  1. CI, confidence interval; SD, standard deviation
  2. Activity level: Engaged in exercise or sports activities in the past month? (0 = I do not engage in exercise or sports, 1 = Less than once a week, 2 = Once a week, 3 = 2 or 3 times per week, 4 = 4 times or more per week)
  3. Past episodes of LBP: An episode is a week with at least some LBP (0 = None, 1 = 1–2 episodes, 2 = 3–5 episodes 3 = More than 5 episodes, 4 = 1 single episode of continuous LBP)
  4. (S) = session, (LP) = leg pain, (LBP) = low back pain (measured on a numerical pain scale “one to ten”, ten being the worst possible pain)
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