Table 4.
The median value, quartiles and Mann-Whitney U test comparing men and women for pressure pain threshold measurement pre and post prolonged flexed lumbar sitting posture
| Variables |
Pre-test |
Post-test |
Gender difference in change in PPT between pre and post (P value) | ||||
| Women median (quartiles) | Men median (quartiles) | P value | Women median (quartiles) | Men median (quartiles) | P value | ||
| L1-L2 | 353 (314, 434) | 405 (358, 518) | 0.14 | 295 (236, 346) | 340 (284, 441) | 0.09 | 0.96 |
| L2-L3 | 319 (271, 416) | 379 (337, 521) | 0.09 | 286 (219, 347) | 322 (288, 470) | 0.08 | 0.92 |
| L3-L4 | 299 (281, 400) | 370 (320, 453) | 0.16 | 261 (229, 338) | 331 (264, 453) | 0.09 | 0.88 |
| L4-L5 | 306 (265, 395) | 321 (299, 474) | 0.25 | 233 (214, 351) | 302 (275, 479) | 0.12 | 0.13 |
| All variables (L1-L2, L2-L3, L3-L4 and L4-L5) | 331 (288, 403) | 366 (298, 400) | 0.10 | 269 (227, 344) | 322 (285, 455) | 0.10 | 0.55 |