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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics

From: Self-administered physical exercise training as treatment of neck and shoulder pain among military helicopter pilots and crew: a randomized controlled trial

 

ETG (n = 35)

REF (n = 34)

p-value

Age (years)

40.4 ± 6.7

40.7 ± 8.4

0.880

Height (m)

1.82 ± 0.07

1.80 ± 0.08

0.360

Seated height (m)

0.95 ± 0.05

0.95 ± 0.04

0.995

Weight (kg)

84.2 ± 12.7

83.7 ± 11.8

0.882

Body mass index (BMI)

25.4 ± 3.0

25.7 ± 2.3

0.640

Flying hours in fixed-wing aircraft (hours)

226.3 ± 565.3

124.1 ± 371.5

0.523

Flying hours in rotary-wing aircraft (hours)

1778.1 ± 1214.3

2142.8 ± 1451.1

0.374

Flying hours with NVG (hours)

160.6 ± 99.1

174.6 ± 142.0

0.995

  1. Values are presented as mean ± SD. Exercise-training-group (ETG), Reference-group (REF), Night vision goggles (NVG)