Effectiveness of Combined General Rehabilitation Gymnastics and Muscle Energy Techniques in Older Women with Chronic Low Back Pain

Table 6

Effect of general rehabilitation gymnastics on neuromuscular activation of the longissimus muscle during various activities undertaken by women with chronic LBP, analysis of variance.

Variable	df1	df2	F	p	Partial eta-squared	%
MVC-	1	39	2.84	0.0999	0.0679	6.785
MVC-	1	39	4.57	0.0389	0.1048	10.481
MVC-	1	39	3.78	0.0500	0.0884	8.844
Pd-	1	39	1.31	0.2587	0.0326	3.258
Pd-	1	39	0.32	0.5747	0.0081	0.815
Pd-	1	39	0.92	0.3433	0.0231	2.306
Lu-	1	39	0.31	0.5825	0.0078	0.782
Lu-	1	39	0.05	0.8222	0.0013	0.131
Lu-	1	39	0.19	0.6651	0.0049	0.485
Sd-	1	39	0.93	0.3414	0.0232	2.323
Sd-	1	39	0.36	0.5542	0.0090	0.904
Sd-	1	39	0.00	0.9850	9.1960	0.001
Gu-	1	39	1.17	0.2864	0.0291	2.909
Gu-	1	39	0.13	0.7160	0.0034	0.343
Gu-	1	39	0.69	0.4121	0.0173	1.732

MVC: maximum bioelectrical activity of the longissimus muscle, : maximum bioelectrical activity of the longissimus muscle right-sided, : maximum bioelectrical activity of the longissimus muscle left-sided, : maximum bioelectrical activity of the longissimus muscle left- and right sided, Pd: bioelectrical activity of the longissimus muscle during putting down a rehabilitation roller, Lu: bioelectrical activity of the longissimus muscle during lifting up a rehabilitation roller, Sd: bioelectrical activity of the longissimus muscle during sitting down on a chair, Gu: bioelectrical activity of the longissimus muscle during getting up from a chair, df: degrees of freedom, F: value of the Snedecor F-test, p: probability of a type I error, and : statistically significant differences at α≤ 0.05