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. 2006 Jan 18;7:3. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-3

Table 3.

Subjective disabilities and school absence in preadolescents with traumatic-and non-traumatic lower limb pain

Variable Traumatic lower limb pain N = 54 Non-traumatic lower limb pain N = 104 P
Subjective pain disabilities, N (%)
 Pain disturbing sleeping 15 (27.7) 32 (30.8) 0.70
 Pain disturbing sitting during class 3 (5.6) 4 (3.8) 0.62
 Pain disturbing walking > 1 km 27 (50.0) 36 (34.6) 0.06
 Pain disturbing physical exercise class 21 (38.9) 21 (20.2) 0.01
 Pain disturbs hobbies 13 (24.1) 15 (14.4) 0.13
Subjective disability index, Mean (SD) 1.45 (1.1) 1.04 (1.0) 0.02
School absence due to pain, N (%)
 One day or more 12 (22) 18 (17) 0.52
 1–2 days 9 (17) 11 (11) 0.31
 3–7 days 2 (4) 5 (5) 1.0
 > 7 days 1 (2) 2 (2) 1.0