The effect of mobilization with movement on pain and function in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized double-blind controlled trial

Table 1 Characteristics of patients in both groups at baseline

	MWM (n = 20) Mean ± SD	Sham (n = 20) Mean ± SD
Age (years)	56.5 ± 7.6	56.6 ± 8.5
BMI (kg/m²)	32.6 ± 7.8	33.3 ± 6.1
Duration of symptoms (months)^a	51 (46)	48 (42)
VAS (10 cm)	6.5 ± 1.9	5.7 ± 2.0
Gender (male/ female)	13 / 7	12 / 8
Affected knee side (right/left)	6 / 14	10 / 10
K&L knee OA grade (2 / 3 / 4)	14 / 4 / 2	13 / 3 / 4

MWM Mobilization with movement, SD Standard deviation, BMI Body mass index, VAS Visual analogue scale, K&L Kellgren and Lawrence (1957) grading system, OA osteoarthritis
^aValues are expressed as median (interquartile range)

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