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Table 2 The regional experimental outcome measurements of the 132 participants included in the analysis

From: A cross-sectional analysis of persistent low back pain, using correlations between lumbar stiffness, pressure pain threshold, and heat pain threshold

Outcome

Segment

Mean

SD

Median

IQR

Global stiffness

All

4.14

0.88

4.05

1.13

L1

4.01

0.88

3.89

0.94

L2

3.97

0.86

3.90

0.97

L3

4.03

0.84

3.93

0.92

L4

4.20

0.85

4.11

1.06

L5

4.48

0.90

4.40

1.07

Pressure pain threshold

All

475

231

446

363

L1

522

244

523

369

L2

482

228

465

357

L3

472

225

452

376

L4

455

225

437

346

L5

445

229

401

338

Heat pain threshold

All

42.2

3.7

42.0

5.6

L1

42.5

3.6

42.4

5.3

L2

42.3

3.8

42.4

6.3

L3

42.0

3.6

41.3

5.3

L4

42.1

3.8

41.6

5.6

L5

42.0

3.6

41.8

5.7