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Table 1 Anthropometric characteristics of the study subjects

From: Can pain influence the proprioception and the motor behavior in subjects with mild and moderate knee osteoarthritis?

 

Knee OA (n = 31)

Healthy (n = 11)

  

Characteristics

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

t-value

p value

Age (y)

60.5 ± 8.9

57.8 ± 6.2

0.9

0.3

Weight (Kg)

78.0 ± 13.5

71.7 ± 15.1

1.2

0.2

Height (m)

1.6 ± 0.1

1.7 ± 0.1

-0.9

0.3

BMI (kg/m2)

29.6 ± 4.5

25.9 ± 3.8

2.4

0.01Ŧ

Sex distribution

F: n = 11 UI and

F: n = 7; M: n = 4.

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n = 7 BI;

M: n = 5 UI and

n = 8 BI.

  1. OA: osteoarthritis; BMI: Body Mass Index; F: female; M: male; UI: unilateral involvement; BI: bilateral involvement ; ŦStatistical significance.