Effects in Short and Long Term of Global Postural Reeducation (GPR) on Chronic Low Back Pain: A Controlled Study with One-Year Follow-Up

Table 1

Patients Characteristics at baseline.

	GPR Group		FKT Group		Significativity ()
General characteristics
Sex () (m/f)	4/26		7/23		0,317^†
Age (years) (mean) (DS)	58,97	0,44	62,54	13,19	0,501^*
Smoke ()	Yes-13/30		Yes-17/30		0,278^†
Weight (Kg) (mean) (DS)	63,63	9,29	67,60	12,43	0,160^*
Height (cm) (mean) (DS)	162,90	6,27	163,70	10,28	0,717^*
Clinical characteristics
Pain duration, years (mean) (DS)	15,01	13,20	10,93	12,97	0,240^*
Frequency of pain ()
(i) Quite often	8		10		0,176^†
(ii) Very often	6		11
(iii) Always	16		9
Use of drugs ()	Yes-24/30		Yes-20/30		0,121^†
Frequency of drugs ()
(i) Little	7		9		0,629^†
(ii) Enough	5		6
(iii) Often	1		4
(iv) Always	0		1
Previous treatments ()	Yes-6/30		Yes-3/30		0,053^†
Kind of job ()	Yes-26/30		Yes-22/30		0,277^†
Number of lost working days (mean) (DS)	0,36	0,49	0,35	0,49	0,930^*
Physical activity ()	11		12		0,871^†

Student -test for independent samples.
^†Pearson test.