Table 1.
Comparison of baseline characteristics for participants with chronic neck pain (CNP) and pain-free controls (CON) who did and did not return to complete the 12-month follow-up assessment.
| CNP completers (N = 17) |
CNP dropouts (N = 18) |
p | CON completers (N = 10) |
CON dropouts (N = 19) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 27.9 (7.0) | 31.2 (7.5) | 0.19 | 26.3 (3.3) | 20.0 (9.2) | 0.38 |
| Sex (M : F) | 3 : 14 | 1 : 17 | 0.34 | 1 : 9 | 7 : 12 | 0.12 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.6 (4.8) | 23.6 (3.2) | 1.0 | 23.0 (3.7) | 25.0 (3.9) | 0.19 |
| NDI (points) | 0.69 (1.14) | 1.1 (1.30) | 0.33 | 0.50 (1.00) | 0.10 (0.23) | 0.10 |
| Prior injury (%) | 18.5 | 33.3 | 0.44 | 11.1 | 36.8 | 0.20 |