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Table 1 Participant baseline characteristics according to analysis status (n = 109)

From: Increased shoulder pain across an exercise session and subsequent shoulder exercise: a prospective cohort study

Characteristics

Participants included in the analyses (n = 79)

Participants with missing data (n = 30)

Age (years), mean (SD)

48.0 (10.3)

45.5 (9.9)

Men, n (%)

51 (65)

23 (77)

BMI, mean (SD)

26.9 (4.9)

27.5 (8.4)

Occupation

 Service

21 (27)

7 (23)

 Manufacturing

8 (10)

5 (17)

 Construction

50 (63)

18 (60)

Smoking status, n (%)

 Never

37 (47)

13 (44)

 Ex

28 (35)

7 (23)

 Current

14 (18)

10 (33)

Dominant-sided pain, n (%)

54 (68)

24 (80)

High FABQ-PAb, n (%)

19 (24)

10 (34)a

NRS at rest, median (IQR)

2 (1 to 3)

3 (1 to 4)

High NRS at rest (NRS)c, n (%)

32 (41)

16 (53)

NRS during activity, median (IQR)

4 (2 to 6)

5 (2 to 7)

Pain duration (months), median (IQR)

39 (24 to 78)

69 (21 to 108)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, FABQ-PA Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire—Physical Activity (0 [no fear-avoidance] to 24 [high fear-avoidance]), IQR Interquartile range, NRS Numerical Rating Scale (0 [no pain] – 10 [worst imaginable pain]), SD Standard deviation
  2. aFABQ-PA was missing for 1 participant in this group
  3. bFABQ-PA was dichotomised as low (≤ 14) and high (> 14)
  4. cBaseline pain at rest was dichotomised at the median (2, IQR 1–3) for all participants in the cluster-randomised controlled trial (n = 109)