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. 2014 Jul 1;22:24. doi: 10.1186/s12998-014-0024-9

Table 3.

Baseline characteristics of participants

  Patients Healthy volunteers Significance (p)
N
29
30
 
Age (years)
39.7 (13.1)
40.9 (13.1)
0.72†
Females
21/29
21/30
0.23‡
With skeletal variants/anomalies
9/29
5/29
0.23‡
Regional range of motion in flexion (degrees-SD)
49 (6.7)
53 (7.2)
0.04†
Regional range of motion in extension (degrees-SD)
51 (7.2)
56 (6.6)
0.03†
Median pain duration, weeks (interquartile range)
12 (2–36)
 
 
With other pain sites
18/29
-
-
Mean pain pressure threshold, kPa (SD)
475 (160)
-
--
Mean pain score/10 (SD)
5 (1.5)
-
-
Mean NDI score/50 (SD)
13 (6.7)
-
-
Mean EQ-5D-5 L VAS/100
75 (15.5)
-
-
EQ-5D-5 L Index (SD)
0.74 (0.099)
-
-
Mean number of treatment visits (range) 8 (7–8) - -

kPa, kilopascals; NRS, Numerical Rating Scale for pain; NDI, Neck Disability Index; EQ-5D-5 L, Euroquol; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale; , (unpaired) t test; , Fisher’s exact test.