Table 1 Participant’s baseline characteristics

Number (female : male)

23 : 30

Age (years)

44.09 ± 13.26 (range : 21 to 60)

Employment

 Unemployed : worker : retired

3 : 38 : 4

 Housewife : student

1 :7

Weight (kg)

76.19 ± 15.27

Height (m)

1.70 ± 0.09

Body mass index (kg/m²)

26.14 ± 4.36

Duration of symptoms (months)

130.68 ± 112.03 (range : 4 to 360 months)

Reported physical activity by week (hours)

4.33 ± 3.27 (range : 0 to 14 h)

Initial disability (%)

18.38 ± 10.33

Initial fear of movement (/68)

36.42 ± 8.75

Initial pain intensity (%)

27.61 ± 22.94

Prone endurance (s)

57.46 ± 27.10

Lateral endurance (s)

31.73 ± 15.40

Prone MVC^a (N)

147.90 ± 64.58

Lateral MVC (N)

112.67 ± 49.93

SBST^b risk group (low : moderate : high)

35 : 11 : 7