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Table 2 Demographics (mean (SD), n (%)) for girls with Generalized Joint Hypermobility (GJH) and girls without (non-GJH)

From: No difference in knee muscle activation and kinematics during treadmill walking between adolescent girls with and without asymptomatic Generalised Joint Hypermobility

 

GJH

(n = 16)

non-GJH

(n = 10)

p-value

Beighton score (0–9), mean (SD)

6.8 (0.7)

1.3 (1.6)

< 0.01*

Age (years), mean (SD)

14.0 (0.0)

14.3 (0.5)

0.019*

BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD)

21.0 (2.8)

21.0 (1.9)

0.971

Height (cm), mean (SD)

165.8 (4.9)

165.8 (4.4)

0.968

Weight (kg), mean (SD)

57.7 (9.1)

57.7 (4.7)

0.986

Sports weekly (yes), n (%)

12 (75)

9 (90)

0.617

Hours/week with sports, mean (SD)

3.7 (3.8)

4.1 (3.0)

0.754

Knee pain on the test day, n (%)

1 (6)

1 (10)

1.000

  1. *indicates a statistically significant difference (p-value < 0.05) between participants with GJH and non-GJH