Table 2. Prevalence and body localization of pain reported by study women at baseline, overall and according to physical activity (PA) intervention.
| Baseline | Total N (%) |
PA intervention | p value * | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes N (%) |
No N (%) |
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| Pain presence | (N = 210) | (N = 102) | (N = 108) | |
| Yes | 154 (73.3) | 74 (72.5) | 80 (74.1) | |
| No | 56 (26.6) | 28 (27.5) | 28 (25.9) | 0.80 |
| Body localization a | ||||
| Spine | 116 (55.2) | 58 (56.9) | 58 (53.7) | 0.65 |
| - Upper back | 64 (30.5) | 34 (33.3) | 30 (27.8) | 0.38 |
| - Mid back | 14 (6.7) | 6 (5.9) | 8 (7.4) | 0.66 |
| - Low back | 69 (32.9) | 34 (33.3) | 35 (32.4) | 0.89 |
| Shoulder | 45 (21.4) | 21 (20.6) | 24 (22.2) | 0.77 |
| Elbow | 12 (5.7) | 2 (2.0) | 10 (9.3) | 0.02 |
| Hip | 19 (9.0) | 7 (6.9) | 12 (11.1) | 0.28 |
| Lower limb | 46 (21.9) | 23 (22.5) | 23 (21.3) | 0.83 |
* P values from Chi squared test
a One or more pain localizations could be reported by each participant.