Effects of a movement control and tactile acuity training in patients with nonspecific chronic low back pain and control impairment – a randomised controlled pilot study

Table 4 Baseline characteristics of n = 34 patients with NSCLBP and CI

Characteristics	Sensorimotor training group, n = 18	General exercise group, n = 16	chi² (df) p	t (df) p	z_U p
Sex
female n (%)	14 (78%)	12 (75%)	0.036 (1) 1.00
male n (%)	4 (22%)	4 (25%)	0.036 (1) 1.00
Height (m) mean (SD)	1.72 (0.08)	1.72 (0.09)		0.049 (26) 0.96
Weight (kg) mean (SD)	75.9 (15.3)	76.4 (20.6)		−0.065 (26) 0.95
Age^a (years) median (IQR)	51 (26–59)	37 (24–50)			−1.398. 0.16
Low back pain duration^a (months) median (IQR)	36 (14–54)	36 (17–63)			−0.381. 0.71

N Number of patients, SD Standard deviation, M Median, IQR Interquartile range, df Degrees of freedom, ^a Non-normal distribution