Bulletin of Faculty of Physical Therapy

Table 1 Basic characteristics of participants

From: Effects of 6 weeks of ankle stability exercises on pain, functional abilities, and flexibility in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain: a randomized controlled trial

	Group A n = 30	Group B n = 30	t-value	p-value
	X ± SD	X ± SD	t-value	p-value
Age (years)	48.9 ± 6.87	49.1 ± 6.53	− 0.11	0.91
Weight (kg)	75.66 ± 6.79	77.6 ± 5.91	− 1.17	0.24
Height (cm)	170.53 ± 6.02	173 ± 7.52	− 1.4	0.16
BMI (kg/m²)	26.06 ± 2.51	25.99 ± 2.17	0.11	0.91
Sex distribution
Females	7 (23.3%)	4 (13.3%)	(χ² = 1.01)	0.32
Males	23 (76.7%)	26 (86.7%)	(χ² = 1.01)	0.32

SD Standard deviation, χ² Chi squared value, p value Probability value

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