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Table 4 Post hoc Tukey comparison after ANOVA testing of lumbar stiffness and pressure pain threshold between each segment

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

Segment

Global stiffness

Pressure pain threshold

Difference (95% CI)

Adj. p value

Difference (95% CI)

Adj. p value

L2–L1

− 0.04 (− 0.33 to 0.25)

~ 1

− 39.5 (− 117.2 to 38.3)

0.63

L3–L1

0.02 (− 0.27 to 0.31)

~ 1

− 49.6 (− 127.3 to 28.2)

0.41

L4–L1

0.19 (− 0.10 to 0.48)

0.40

− 66.7 (− 144.5 to 11.0)

0.13

L5–L1

0.47 (0.18 to 0.76)

< 0.01

− 77.0 (− 154.8 to 0.7)

0.05

L3–L2

0.06 (− 0.23 to 0.35)

0.98

− 10.10 (− 87.9 to 67.7)

~ 1

L4–L2

0.23 (− 0.06 to 0.52)

0.21

− 27.24 (− 105.0 to 50.5)

0.87

L5–L2

0.51 (0.22 to 0.80)

< 0.01

− 37.6 (− 115.3 to 40.2)

0.68

L4–L3

0.17 (− 0.12 to 0.46)

0.50

− 17.14 (− 94.9 to 60.6)

0.97

L5–L3

0.45 (0.16 to 0.74)

< 0.01

− 27.46 (− 105.2 to 50.3)

0.87

L5–L4

0.28 (− 0.01 to 0.57)

0.07

− 10.32 (− 88.1 to 67.4)

~ 1

  1. Bold indicates a significant adjusted statistical difference between segments