|
Age, years
|
49.2 (7.2)
|
47.8 (7.0)
|
51.0 (9.0)
|
49.3 (7.8)
|
|
Women, N (%)
|
18 (45%)
|
18 (45%)
|
16 (40%)
|
52 (43%)
|
|
Duration, weeks median, (IQR)
|
23.0 (22.0)
|
19.5 (18.0)
|
21.0 (43.0)
|
22.0 (27.0)
|
|
Employment
|
|
Manual work
|
17 (42.5%)
|
20 (50%)
|
24 (60%)
|
61 (50.8%)
|
|
Non-manual work
|
19 (47.5%)
|
13 (32.5%)
|
11 (27.5%)
|
43 (35.8%)
|
|
Not working
|
4 (10%)
|
7 (17.5%)
|
5 (12.5%)
|
16 (13.3%)
|
|
Previous episode of LE, N (%)
|
| |
12 (30%)
|
13 (33.3%)
|
15 (37.5%)
|
40 (33.6%)
|
|
Progress trajectory before study, N (%)
|
|
Better
|
13 (33.3%)
|
12 (30.0%)
|
11 (28.9%)
|
36 (30.8%)
|
|
Worse
|
13 (33.3%)
|
17 (42.5%)
|
12 (31.6%)
|
42 (35.9%)
|
|
Same
|
13 (33.3%)
|
11 (27.5%)
|
15 (39.5%)
|
39 (33.3%)
|
|
Affected side, N (%)
|
|
Right
|
28 (70%)
|
19 (47.5%)
|
24 (60%)
|
71 (59.2%)
|
|
Left
|
6 (15%)
|
18 (45.0%)
|
6 (15%)
|
30 (25.0%)
|
|
Bilateral
|
6 (15%)
|
3 (7.5%)
|
10 (25%)
|
19 (15.8%)
|
|
Dominant side affected, Proportion (%)
|
|
Dominance = Right
|
32/36 (88.9%)
|
22/38 (57.9%)
|
32/36 (88.9%)
|
86/110 (78.2%)
|
|
Dominance = Left
|
3/4 (75.0%)
|
2/2 (100.0%)
|
3/4 (75.0%)
|
8/10 (80.0%)
|
|
PRTEE, /100
|
31.6 (10.3)
|
31.3 (10.8)
|
33.5 (10.0)
|
32.1 (10.3)
|
|
Pain at rest, /10
|
2.0 (1.6)
|
1.8 (1.6)
|
2.1 (2.0)
|
1.9 (1.7)
|
|
Worst pain, /10
|
7.4 (1.6)
|
6.1 (2.4)
|
7.3 (2.0)
|
6.9 (2.1)
|
|
PFG, ratio affected/unaffected
|
0.56 (0.34)
|
0.55 (0.32)
|
0.64 (0.55)
|
0.58 (0.41)
|
|
EuroQoL, /100
|
82.6 (12.9)
|
83.1 (11.2)
|
80.4 (16.9)
|
82.1 (13.7)
|
