From: Does a patient’s physical activity predict recovery from an episode of acute low back pain? A prospective cohort study
Kendall’s tau_b correlations
Patient report of a return to ‘normal’ activities (p value)
Activity measurements
baseline
3 months
Baseline RT3 VM/hr/wk
0.16 (0.06)
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3 month RT3 VM/hr/wk
0.09 (0.29)
Change in RT3 VM/hr/wk
−0.02 (0.82)
−0.06 (0.47)