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Table 2 Clinically significant improvement for individual participants

From: Tactile acuity training for patients with chronic low back pain: a pilot randomised controlled trial

  

Function (RMDQ [0-24])

Pain (VAS 0-100 mm)

Participant

Group

Baseline

Post

% change

≥12% improvement

Baseline

Post

% change

≥30% improvement

1

I

3

2

33.3

Yes

50

50

0.0

No

2

I

22

23

-4.5

No

73

70

4.1

No

3

I

7

0

100.0

Yes

20

7

65.0

Yes

4

I

8

2

75.0

Yes

61

3

95.1

Yes

5

I

4

0

100.0

Yes

64

30

53.1

Yes

6

I

13

13

0.0

No

56

53

5.4

No

7

I

17

15

11.8

No

57

92

-61.4

No

8

I

4

4

0.0

No

18

18

0.0

No

9

I

6

10

-66.7

No

41

45

-12.2

No

10

P

8

3

62.5

Yes

55

18

67.3

Yes

11

P

9

1

88.9

Yes

88

11

87.5

Yes

12

P

6

5

16.7

No

13

5

61.5

Yes

13

P

3

0

100.0

Yes

22

0

100.0

Yes

14

P

12

10

16.7

No

80

45

43.8

Yes

15

P

6

1

83.3

Yes

32

12

62.5

Yes

  1. Legend: This table identifies which participants achieved a minimally clinically significant improvement for function and pain using the criteria of the Cochrane Back Review Group[16]. I = Intervention group, P = Placebo group, RMDQ = Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire, VAS = Visual Analogue Scale.