Table 2.
Baseline | Post-intervention | Mean difference (95%CI) | ||
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Chronic low back pain | ||||
Waiter’s bow | ||||
Lumbar spine | Control | 17.9 (5.9) | 17.5 (6.6) | −0.4 (−2.9 to 2.0) |
Mirror | 18.5 (4.3) | 15.8 (2.7) | −2.7 (−0.5 to − 0.2) | |
Sensor | 16.2 (6.2) | 6.5 (4.7) | − 9.7 (− 13.9 to − 5.5)a | |
Hip | Control | 27.8 (16.3) | 28.3 (15.8) | 0.5 (− 4.7 to 5.8) |
Mirror | 36.0 (13.7) | 38.5 (14.2) | 2.5 (− 3.4 to 8.4) | |
Sensor | 31.4 (9.8) | 46.1 (11.8) | 14.7 (6.4 to 23.0)a | |
Lifting task | ||||
Lumbar spine | Control | 23.7 (7.2) | 22.0 (10.6) | − 1.7 (− 5.1 to 1.8) |
Mirror | 20.5 (7.2) | 18.9 (4.7) | − 1.6 (− 4.1 to 1.0) | |
Sensor | 21.0 (7.5) | 13.9 (7.8) | −7.2 (− 3.7 to − 10.7)a | |
Hip | Control | 89.2 (13.6) | 87.3 (14.7) | − 1.9 (− 7.9 to 4.1) |
Mirror | 91.1 (13.6) | 86.3 (19.2) | − 4.9 (− 11.5 to 1.8) | |
Sensor | 89.7 (12.8) | 95.4 (9.8) | 5.7 (− 0.1 to 11.5) | |
Healthy subjects | ||||
Waiter’s bow | ||||
Lumbar spine | Control | 20.5 (7.3) | 18.7 (9.7) | −1.8 (−6.3 to 2.8) |
Mirror | 22.2 (7.7) | 20.6 (9.8) | −1.6 (−5.1 to 1.8) | |
Sensor | 21.5 (6.1) | 8.2 (4.4) | − 13.3 (− 17.9 to − 9.4)a | |
Hip | Control | 26.1 (10.5) | 33.4 (13.8) | 7.2 (− 1.6 to 12.9) |
Mirror | 27.7 (12.7) | 33.5 (15.1) | 5.8 (1.1 to 10.4) | |
Sensor | 30.7 (10.1) | 45.1 (7.4) | 14.5 (9.2 to 19.7)a | |
Lifting task | ||||
Lumbar spine | Control | 24.1 (10.7) | 22.4 (11.0) | − 1.8 (− 3.0 to − 0.7) |
Mirror | 27.8 (7.0) | 26.9 (7.3) | − 0.9 (− 3.7 to 1.8) | |
Sensor | 27.0 (8.3) | 19.8 (7.0) | − 7.1 (− 2.6 to − 11.7)a | |
Hip | Control | 88.0 (13.1) | 86.7 (12.7) | − 1.3 (− 8.8 to 2.1) |
Mirror | 92.4 (13.3) | 92.6 (7.8) | 0.2 (−4.2 to 4.6) | |
Sensor | 83.9 (14.1) | 92.1 (10.7) | 8.2 (3.1 to 13.3) |
All data are expressed as angles in degrees (°). Data for baseline and post-intervention are mean (SD). Mean difference = post-intervention minus baseline
aMean difference > measurement error