Table 3.
Self-reported musculoskeletal pain at baseline and post-test in the BodyPump group (BP), personal trainer group (PT), non-supervised group (NS) and control group (C). Differences between the groups analyzed with chi-square test, presented with p-value. Presented as numbers reporting pain (n)/of the total number of participants (n) in each group, and as percent (%).
| Body part | Baseline BP n (%) |
PT n (%) |
NS n (%) |
C n (%) |
p-Value | Post-test BP n (%) |
PT n (%) |
NS n (%) |
C n (%) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | 8/31 (26%) | 10/32 (31%) | 8/25 (32%) | 8/31 (26%) | 0.92 | 8/24 (33%) | 7/28 (25%) | 1/19 (5%) | 8/21 (38%) | 0.09 |
| Neck | 10/31 (32%) | 8/32 (25%) | 13/27 (48%) | 12/31 (39%) | 0.30 | 11/24 (46%) | 6/28 (21%) | 5/19 (26%) | 4/21 (19%) | 0.16 |
| Shoulder | 8/31 (26%) | 9/32 (28%) | 7/28 (27%) | 11/31 (35%) | 0.84 | 6/24 (25%) | 9/28 (32%) | 6/19 (32%) | 4/21 (19%) | 0.73 |
| Elbow | 1/31 (3%) | 1/32 (3%) | 4/25 (16%) | 2/30 (7%) | 0.20 | 0/24 (0%) | 4/28 (14%) | 5/19 (26%) | 2/21 (10%) | 0.07 |
| Wrist | 2/30 (7%) | 3/32 (9%) | 2/25 (8%) | 3/30 (10%) | 0.97 | 4/24 (17%) | 4/28 (14%) | 0/19 (0%) | 2/21 (10%) | 0.32 |
| Upper back | 4/30 (13%) | 6/32 (19%) | 4/25 (16%) | 4/30 (13%) | 0.92 | 0/24 (0%) | 5/28 (18%) | 2/19 (11%) | 2/21 (10%) | 0.20 |
| Lower back | 8/31 (26%) | 7/32 (22%) | 9/27 (33%) | 10/30 (33%) | 0.96 | 2/24 (8%) | 5/28 (18%) | 4/19 (21%) | 3/21 (14%) | 0.67 |
| Hip | 5/31 (16%) | 2/32 (6%) | 2/25 (8%) | 3/30 (10%) | 0.60 | 0/24 (0%) | 3/28 (11%) | 0/19 (0%) | 1/21 (5%) | 0.20 |
| Knee | 2/34 (6%) | 5/32 (16%) | 6/25 (24%) | 2/30 (7%) | 0.13 | 3/24 (13%) | 8/28 (29%) | 5/19 (26%) | 2/21 (10%) | 0.25 |
| Feet | 2/32 (6%) | 5/32 (16%) | 3/25 (12%) | 5/30 (17%) | 0.59 | 2/24 (8%) | 4/27 (15%) | 2/19 (11%) | 4/21 (19%) | 0.73 |