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Table 1 Participants’ socio-demographic characteristics at baseline

From: The effect of treadmill walk with abdominal bracing versus usual care on functional limitation and fear-avoidance behaviours in the management of non-specific low back pain—a randomized control study

Variables value

GRP A (TWAB)

GRP B (TWW)

GRP C (UC)

F value

P value

Mean ±SD

Mean ±SD

Mean ±SD

Age (years)

43.40±11.72

36.00±17.80

43.0±14.81

0.907

0.414

Height (m)

1.6± 0.11

1.64±0.10

1.60±0.74

0.18

0.221

Weight (kg)

62.58±12.6

70.0±16.48

57.50±11.29

1.27

0.106

BMI (kg/m2)

23.32±5.4

25.48±5.37

22.0± 4.81

0.64

0.212

DOBP (months)

23.85±8.21

29.13±33.91

57.20±43.47

2.178

0.132

  1. TWAB treadmill with abdominal bracing, TWW treadmill without abdominal bracing, UC usual care, DOBP duration of back pain, SD standard deviation