Research Article
The Effect of Very High versus Very Low Sustained Loading on the Lower Back and Knees in Middle Life
Table 6
Knee and Back complaints and knee and back MRI findings (mean
SD or mean, median and IQR).
| Variable | Torah scholars () | Soldiers () | value |
| Knee pain score (1–4) | 0.5, 0, 0.0–0.5 | 0.6, 0, 0.0–0.0 | 1.0 | Back pain score (1–4) | 0.8, 0, 0.0–2.0 | 0.7, 0, 0.0–1.0 | 1.0 | Worms score | 2.0, 1.5, 0.0–3.5 | 1.8, 1.0, 0.5–2.7 | 0.7 | Pfirrmann score | 6.7, 7.0, 5.0–7.0 | 8.6, 9.0, 7.0–10.0 | 0.003 |
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