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Table 3 Outcomes

From: What is the effect of sensory discrimination training on chronic low back pain? A systematic review

study

groups

pre

post

4 weeks post

12 weeks post

24 weeks post

change pre / post

between-group comparisons pre / post

  

pain

function

pain

function

pain

function

pain

function

pain

function

pain

function

Pain

Function

  

Mean (SD) units

Mean (SD) units

Mean (SD) units

Mean (SD) units

Mean (SD) units

Mean (SD) units

Mean (SD) units

Mean (SD) units

Mean (SD) units

Mean (SD) units

Mean (CI) units

Mean (CI) units

Difference in units

Difference in units

Barker et al. (2008) [15]

Intervention group

63 (19)

40.8 (15.9)

55 (18)

40.2 (8.7)

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 8 (−15 to −1)

- 0.6 (−3.8 to 2.7)

1 (p = 0.83) *

- 0.3 (p = 0.85) *

Control group

66 (14)

42.8 (14.8)

59 (14)

41.9 (5.1)

      

- 7 (−13 to −1)

- 0.9 (−3.0 to 1.1)

  

Hohmann et al. (2012) [20]

Intervention group

50 (23)

22.8 (14.5)

32 (22)

18.8 (14.6)

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 18 (*+)

- 4.0 (*+)

13 ( p= <0.001)

- 1.1 (p = 0.878)

Control group

49 (19)

25.0 (13.9)

54 (19)

19.9 (10.9)

      

 + 5 (*+)

- 5.1 (*+)

CI: −23 (−32 to −13)

CI: 0.4 (−4.8 t 5.6)

Morone et al. (2011) [16]

Intervention group

60 (10)

34 (20)

40 (20)

16 (16)

-

-

50 (10)

16 (12)

50 (40)

20 (19)

- 20 (*+)

- 18 (*+)

10 ( p <0.001) *

8 / 16

Control group 1

70 (20)

26 (24)

60 (40)

16 (18)

  

50 (40)

12 (16)

40 (40)

10 (12)

- 10 (*+)

- 10 (*+)

(Intervention group compared with control group 1 and control group 2)

(p = 0.403) * (Intervention group compared with control group 1 and control group 2)

Control group 2

70 (20)

24 (20)

80 (10)

22 (24)

  

80 (10)

26 (20)

70 (30)

26 (18)

 + 10 (*+)

- 2 (*+)

Paolucci et al. (2012) [37]

Intervention group

40 (15)

-

23 (14)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 17 (*+)

 

- 2 (p = 0.436) *

 

Control group

51 (32)

 

32 (13)

       

- 19 (*+)

   

Ryan et al. (2014) [38]

Intervention group

49 (19)

38.8 (27.5)

40.9 (27.8)

31.7 (31.7)

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 8.1 (*+)

- 7.1 (*+)

- 24.8 (p = 0.056)

- 9.5 (p = 0.237)

Control group

48 (31)

30.4 (12.9)

15.2 (14.5)

13.8 (14.1)

      

- 32.8 (*+)

- 16.6 (*+)

CI: 25.6 (−0.7 to 51.9)

CI: 2.2 (−1.6 to 6.0)

Vetrano et al. (2013) [39]

Intervention group 1

75 (21)

28 (14.5)

50 (35)

12 (11)

40 (35)

12 (9)

20 (55)

7 (13.5)

-

-

- 25 (*, p= 0.002)

- 16 (*, p= 0.003)

5 (p = 0.179) *

2 (p = 0.299) *

Intervention group 2

50 (30)

24 (16)

30 (20)

10 (8)

30 (15)

10 (8)

20 (20)

4 (11)

  

- 20 (*, p< 0.001)

- 14 (*, p< 0.003)

  
  1. Abbreviations: SD Standard Deviation; p p-value, CI 95 % Confidence Interval, * = CI not reported, + = p-value not reported, in bold print = difference is greater than the minimal clinical important difference
  2. Results of [18] have been calculated by the authors using raw data
  3. Pain and function data have been transformed into common measure (see Methods)