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. 2016 Sep 23;13:85. doi: 10.1186/s12984-016-0194-x

Table 3.

Statistical significance of differences between the two groups of subjects

Clinical variables & PA metrics Mild pain
(n = 34)
Moderate to severe pain
(n = 58)
p-val Effect size:
Cohen’s d
(% of non-overlap between groups)
Pain intensity (VAS) 1.3 ± 1.5 6.8 ± 1.4 1.2e-15 3.60 (100 %)
Age(yrs) 64 ± 14 62 ± 13 0.47 0.13 (8 %)
Activity (%) 41 ± 17 34.5 ± 14 0.0009 0.78 (~47.1 %)
Walking (%) 9.5 ± 6 6.5 ± 4 0.001 0.75 (~45.4 %)
q.975 actv. (min) 37 ± 17 26 ± 12 0.002 0.73 (~44 %)
KS dist. 0.1 ± 0.07 0.2 ± 0.12 0.0007 0.84 (~48 %)
Entropy 1 0.52 ± 0.11 0.42 ± 0.10 0.001 0.79 (~47.2)
Entropy 2 0.045 ± 0.02 0.03 ± 0.01 0.0004 0.82 (~47.8)
Entropy 3 0.51 ± 0.40 0.28 ± 0.20 0.001 0.80 (47.4 %)
Composite score ‘Mobility’ 0.62 ± 0.73 −0.36 ± 0.96 0.0004 1.10 (58.9 %)
Composite score ‘Complexity’ 0.45 ± 0.9 −0.26 ± 0.71 0.0007 0.81 (~47.5 %)
Global composite score
‘Mobility & Complexity’
1.08 ± 1.5 −0.63 ± 1.60 1.1e-5 1.15 (~60 %)