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Table 2 Participants’ baseline characteristics and cervical range of motion

From: Is performance in goal oriented head movements altered in patients with tension type headache?

 

Group 1 (healthy controls)

Group 2 (patients with TTH)

 
 

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

p

Age (years)

30.4

7.9

28.1

8.1

0.40

Frequency/month

0.4

0.4

7.5

4.8

<0.001

Pain intensity (cm)

3.6

2.2

5.4

1.3

0,01

Weight (kg)

65.1

12.2

67.2

11.5

0.60

Height (cm)

169.1

8.4

166.3

7.6

0.32

NDI (/50)

1.9

4.1

11.6

8.9

<0.001

HIT-6 (36–78)

0

-

60.0

9.1

0

STAI – State (20–80)

49.2

2.8

48.1

4.1

0.38

STAI – Trait (20–80)

47.9

4.2

47.1

4.2

0.56

ROM flex-ext (deg)

140.8

20.2

125.7

16.1

0.02

ROM rotation (deg)

146.8

18.4

138.3

16.1

0.16

ROM lat. flexion (deg)

91.8

17.2

90.1

13.9

0.75