Intra- and inter-rater reliability of thoracic spine mobility and posture assessments in subjects with thoracic spine pain

Table 3 The mean and standard deviation (SD) or prevalence of the demographic variables of the study subjects

	Females	Males	Gender difference	All
	N = 16	N = 16	p-value (df)	N = 32
Age, years (SD)	39 (10.6)	39 (8.4)	0.956 (30)^*	39 (9.4)
Height, cm (SD)	164 (5.0)	169 (41.9)	0.637 (30)^*	167 (29.4)
Weight, Kg (SD)	63.2 (9.6)	82.8 (12.4)	< 0.001 (29)^*	72.7 (14.7)
Body mass index, Kg/m² (SD)	23.4 (3.3)	25.6 (2.8)	0.053 (29)^*	24.5 (3.2)
TS pain, months (SD)	24.1 (52.4)	20.6 (37.9)	0.827 (30)^*	22.4 (45.0)
VAS, mm (SD)	29.1 (22.9)	24.7 (19.2)	0.558 (30)^*	26.9 (20.9)
R-MDQ, points (SD)	2.1 (1.8)	2.4 (2.5)	0.689 (30)^*	2.3 (2.2)
NSPD, points (SD)	316 (211)	291 (217)	0.738 (30)^*	303 (211)
Smoking, % (N)	12.5 (2)	12.5 (2)	1.000 (1)^§	12.5 (4)
Physician consultation, % (N)	43.8 (7)	56.3 (9)	0.724 (1)^§	50.0 (16)
Pain medication for TSP, % (N)	18.8 (3)	6.3 (1)	0.600 (1)^§	12.5 (4)
Earlier MT intervention, % (N)	87.5 (14)	93.8 (15)	1.000 (1)^§	90.6 (29)
Systemic disease^# % (N)	12.5 (2)	25.0 (4)	0.654 (1)^§	18.8 (6)

df Degree of freedom; TS Thoracic spine; VAS Visual analogue scale; R-MDQ Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (maximum points 24); NSPD Modified Neck and Shoulder Pain and Disability questionnaire (maximum score 1300, thirteen questions about pain and disability, each evaluated on VAS from 0 to 100 mm); MT Manual therapy
^* Independent T-test was used for gender differences
^§ Fisher’s exact test was used for gender differences
^# At least one reported systemic disease

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