BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Table 2 Outcome Measures for Male and Female Subjects with and without Low Back Pain

From: Reduced thoracolumbar fascia shear strain in human chronic low back pain

	Males		Females
Outcomes	No-LBP (n = 24)	LBP (n = 38)	No-LBP (n = 26)	LBP (n = 33)	Group p-value	Sex p-value	Group by Sex p-value
Percent Shear Strain	64.70 ± 5.17	50.88 ± 3.77	75.36 ± 5.02	62.73 ± 5.18	.007	.02	.90
Perimuscular Thickness*	0.37 ± 0.04^a	0.49 ± 0.03^b	0.41 ± 0.03^a	0.41 ± 0.03^a	.07	.50	.09
Perimuscular Echogenicity*	0.13 ± 0.01	0.16 ± 0.01	0.14 ± 0.01	0.15 ± .01	.007	.92	.30
Flexion Range of Motion	53.90 ± 1.88	46.38 ± 2.27	53.58 ± 1.84	52.13 ± 1.78	.03	.19	.15
Extension Range of Motion	16.90 ± 1.89^a	9.74 ± 0.86^b	16.89 ± 1.55^a	16.28 ± 1.92^a	.02	.04	.04
Lateral Flexion	19.51 ± 0.68^a	17.07 ± 0.61^b	18.02 ± 0.67^a	18.23 ± 0.61^a	.09	.80	.04
Repeated Trunk Flexion*	7.97 ± 0.52	9.88 ± 0.41	8.27 ± 0.45	9.64 ± 0.41	<.001	.94	.56
Repeated Sit to Stand	10.71 ± 0.43^a	13.42 ± 0.62^b	11.90 ± 0.54^a	12.67 ± 0.41^a	.002	.69	.08
50 Foot Walk Regular Speed*	10.64 ± 0.35	11.58 ± 0.27	11.19 ± 0.30	11.97 ± 0.28	.005	.12	.80
50 Foot Walk Fast Speed*	6.82 ± 0.26	7.56 ± 0.20	7.25 ± 0.22	8.24 ± 0.21	<.001	.71	.57
Sorensen's*	126.5 ± 10.1^a	104.9 ± 7.9^a	139.2 ± 8.9^a	85.7 ± 8.1^b	<.001	.71	.08

Note: tabled values are mean ± SE unless otherwise indicated. Variables denoted by an asterisk indicate values are least square mean ± SE, which are adjusted for BMI. For those variables in which there was evidence that differences between LBP and No LBP were dependent on sex (i.e. group by sex interaction p <.10), group comparisons were performed within males and females. Superscripts a and b indicate that group means not sharing a common letter are significantly different within each sex (Fisher's LSD, p <.05).

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